Violent pro-terror rioters shouting ‘Intifada!’ smash their way into Columbia University academic building in latest campus chaos
NY Post
A huge mob of masked pro-terror rioters broke into an academic building at Columbia University and seized it early Tuesday — rebranding the iconic hall named after founding father Alexander Hamilton and draping it with a Palestinian flag.
Dozens stormed into Hamilton Hall and sealed themselves in shortly before 1 a.m. — with some using metal barricades, chairs and tables to block others from getting inside, footage posted on social media shows.
One shocking video captured a hammer-wielding demonstrator smashing through a glass-paneled door and placing what appeared to be a bike lock around its handles.
Another clip showed a group roughing up a student who had tried to block anarchists — including some brandishing “Intifada” signs — from getting inside the building.
Once inside, some anti-Israel protesters quickly covered security cameras black trash bags and tape, according to the student-led Columbia Daily Spectator.
As of mid-morning, the rogue rioters were still occupying the building on the South Lawn, which has been the scene of the school’s anti-Israel encampment for over a week, the paper reported.
“The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” is guaranteed right at the top of the First Amendment, but the folks in charge of The Washington Post see such action as profoundly sinister if the “wrong” people do it, or perhaps the paper’s problem is with association and communication for the wrong causes.