Questions grow over claims by Eric Adams and NYPD that ‘outside agitators’ behind Columbia protests
by Katie Hawkinson
May 01, 2024
3 minutes
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New York mayor Eric Adams and police officials are blaming “radicalizaton” by “outside agitators” for the Columbia University protests that resulted in more than 100 arrests on Tuesday night.
“After speaking with [Columbia] throughout the week, at their request and their acknowledgement that outside agitators were on their grounds... we went in and conducted an operation,” Mr Adams said, at a press briefing on Wednesday.
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