NBC’s McLaughlin: ‘Pro-Palestinian Students’ Say There Is No Anti-Semitism at Columbia University

[Clip starts MCLAUGHLIN voice ░░░░░░░░ Overnight a tense scene ░░░░░░░░ New York University Pro ░░░░░░░░ protesters were forced to ░░░░░░░░ a campus Plaza NYPD ░░░░░░░░ in with riot gear ░░░░░░░░ breaking down encampments as ░░░░░░░░ sea of protesters marched ░░░░░░░░ the city streets It ░░░░░░░░ as tensions flare at ░░░░░░░░ University now entering its ░░░░░░░░ consecutive day of pro ░░░░░░░░ protests With the school ░░░░░░░░ main campus classes will ░░░░░░░░ hybrid until the end ░░░░░░░░ the semester stating safety ░░░░░░░░ our highest priority After ░░░░░░░░ university s President s ░░░░░░░░ to de escalate the ░░░░░░░░ massive NYPD presence was ░░░░░░░░ the campus as a ░░░░░░░░ number of Jewish students ░░░░░░░░ feeling unsafe STEIN It ░░░░░░░░ complete anarchy MCLAUGHLIN Students ░░░░░░░░ Andrew Stein who says ░░░░░░░░ was on campus late ░░░░░░░░ night for a pro ░░░░░░░░ counter protest but left ░░░░░░░░ by an angry mob ░░░░░░░░ They started saying in ░░░░░░░░ Hamas Hamas our beloved ░░░░░░░░ bomb Tel Aviv MCLAUGHLIN ░░░░░░░░ says this video shows ░░░░░░░░ being followed off campus ░░░░░░░░ Me and my friend ░░░░░░░░ water poured physically poured ░░░░░░░░ our face MCLAUGHLIN At ░░░░░░░░ pro Palestinian encampment in ░░░░░░░░ heart of the university ░░░░░░░░ confrontations UNKNOWN FEMALE Go ░░░░░░░░ to Poland is not ░░░░░░░░ Zionism that s anti ░░░░░░░░ and that was said ░░░░░░░░ The Pro Palestinian students ░░░░░░░░ spoke to say they ░░░░░░░░ no knowledge of any ░░░░░░░░ Semitism on campus Saturday ░░░░░░░░ UNKNOWN MALE 1 Anyone ░░░░░░░░ makes any threat to ░░░░░░░░ Jewish student we oppose ░░░░░░░░ We do not associate ░░░░░░░░ you MCLAUGHLIN Patriots owner ░░░░░░░░ Jewish alum Robert Kraft ░░░░░░░░ major donor announcing he ░░░░░░░░ pulling his support until ░░░░░░░░ action is taken That ░░░░░░░░ now spreading to other ░░░░░░░░ nationwide In California students ░░░░░░░░ up encampments at Berkeley ░░░░░░░░ police moving in at ░░░░░░░░ Poly Humboldt Protests at ░░░░░░░░ University of Michigan Harvard ░░░░░░░░ closing this week and ░░░░░░░░ Yale University 45 students ░░░░░░░░ arrested Monday and later ░░░░░░░░ after they ve refused ░░░░░░░░ leave their encampment at ░░░░░░░░ Campus Center UNKNOWN FEMALE ░░░░░░░░ we were just exercising ░░░░░░░░ freedom of speech Clip ░░░░░░░░ MCLAUGHLIN on camera Meanwhile ░░░░░░░░ Rutgers University on Monday ░░░░░░░░ 24 year old man ░░░░░░░░ charged with a federal ░░░░░░░░ crime for allegedly breaking ░░░░░░░░ that university s Islamic ░░░░░░░░ during the Eid celebrations ░░░░░░░░ in the month Many ░░░░░░░░ left wondering if this ░░░░░░░░ continue to spread.”