Mayor Adams on Columbia University Protest: ‘We Will Go on Private Property for Imminent Threat’

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ADAMS: “Well, first, I want to say that I know what protest is about, I participated in protests throughout my life, particularly during the South African calling for the dismantling of apartheid. That is one of the fundamental rights we hold dear as Americans, right to protest. What we are seeing playing out on many of our college campuses, and particularly Columbia University, is hate. We are seeing vile language being used, and at no time should we call for the destruction of anyone, should we call for violence towards anyone. That it is not what protesting is about. Now, we have to go within the law in this country and in this city. Comments like that on the surface are not illegal. But if you use it to harass someone or menace someone, we‘re going to take appropriate action to stop that from taking place. And we will go on private property for imminent threat. Even though it‘s private property, if there’s imminent threat or danger to someone, the NYPD will go on that private property.”