Columbia raid: 'Tensions exacerbated’ as some protestors raised 'real concern' J-School dean says

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Published 2024-05-01
Columbia University says it had no choice but to call the NYPD, leading to hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters being arrested on Tuesday night. Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, Jelani Cobb, joins Joy Reid to discuss.
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All Comments (21)
  • @xCharonstyxx
    There is so much hate in the world right now. So i just want to tell everyone to keep your heads up.
  • @reason6835
    Let’s just ignore the fact that this was an unlawful assembly. You can’t violate laws simply because you’re protesting.
  • @amattyg
    Ignoring the context around who was responsible for the incident at UCLA is why Mehdi Hasan left. This is still both sideism that puts this country in serious danger.
  • @chrisikaris5891
    In NY, police "stormed" a building, accompanied by a video of police slowly and calmly entering the building. 😂
  • While freedom of speech is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it does have limitations. It does not extend to protect certain forms of illegal activity, such as threats of violence, incitement to imminent lawless action, or speech that involves the commission of a crime.
  • @user-ni1up1vn8w
    In Canada the McGill administration have agreed to speak to the pro-Palestine protesters exercising their democratic right to protest.
  • @user-sb1sh3jx7w
    My only criticism of this segment is use of the word "metastasized" in reference to the college protests.
  • @warrenpaine
    You don't have to be "anti-semitic" to be sickened and appalled by the slaughter of 15,000 children in Gaza. You just have to be a decent human being.
  • @lostcreek7551
    Need to protest outside and in news rooms. So your voices are heard and broadcasted.
  • Maybe they should have not illegally occupied a building? Just spit-balling here. I mean, you can protest without breaking the law.
  • @lelathomas550
    Wow!!!! This must stop in America. Where are negotiations that would listen to concerns and give them a peaceful venue. To take away their rights to assemble only creates the resentment that feeds more outrage on inequality. America takes no pause to send children to war!!! They have a right to protest. Create a forum to be heard for days and weeks it is needed. That would stop manipulation instead it would open valuable venue for teaching conflict resolution.
  • @jojojam6012
    Attacking Jewish students in the US because they are Jewish, has nothing to do with concern for Gaza civilians. I repeat : NOTHING TO DO WITH CONCERN FOR GAZA CIVILIANS.
  • @dodo-og2ss
    This really makes no sense, if it’s illegal it deserves to be broken apart.
  • That's right, subjects should be all inclusive, this can be discussed later. Altogether taken, the outside agitators' identities need to known, further vetted if need be, whether they are students or not, if not then who are the their collaborators inside the campus, they can't be doing things on their own, then comes the hard part of talking to the real student protesters devoid of those who took advantage of their protest. — In the 60s, people were bearhuggers (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)
  • @ronlokk
    What we have here is a failure to communicate.
  • The chain showed at the press conference and being cut in police video was more substantial than those used to lock bicycles.