PRISM: Columbia Students Sue University Over Palestine Crackdown
February 9, 2025Three Columbia University graduate students who were suspended last year for attending protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza filed a lawsuit against the university on Feb. 3. The civil suit, filed with the New York State Supreme Court, alleges that the university repeatedly singled out the plaintiffs for unwarranted scrutiny and harassment over their involvement in the school’s Gaza solidarity encampment and other pro-Palestine actions.
The lawsuit goes on to say that the university disregarded “its established disciplinary procedures to unlawfully persecute the plaintiffs based on their protected status and speech,” and that “the University engaged in extreme and outrageous behavior that exceeds all bounds of decency.” It further alleges that billionaire donors and New York City Mayor Eric Adams “successfully pressured the University to call the police on to campus to arrest plaintiffs and other protestors.”
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