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| DATE | 2024-08-09 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] More Red Paint
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Lauren Markoe
By Lauren Markoe August 9, 2024
Vandals defaced the apartment building of Columbia University’s chief
operating officer with red paint Thursday morning, smashed a glass door
and left fliers on his Brooklyn block blaming him for the arrest of
pro-Palestinian protesters at the university in June.
They also painted inverted red triangles on the Brooklyn Heights
building, a symbol Hamas uses to label targets, and that has been
co-opted by activists. Vandals also released crickets into the building,
according to the Daily News.
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The fliers, which included his address and apartment number, said
COO Cas Holloway “brutalized” and “imprisoned” students, referencing
the university’s decision to call in the New York City Police
Department to break down protesters’ encampment and remove those who
occupied one of its most storied buildings on campus. In black and
red type the flier demanded that Columbia “Divest from Israel,
divest from genocide,” and not expel students involved in this past
year’s protests.
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“Did you enjoy our present? Did it make you feel uncomfortable?” the
leaflet reads. “Whatever you felt was incomparable to the pain you
made Columbia students feel when you signed off on their
brutalization because they stood against the genocide of
Palestinians.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the incident and said the
NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating. “Hateful,
antisemitic displays like this will not be tolerated in New York,
and the perpetrators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law,” Hochul said in a post on X.
Mark Treyger, the head of the Jewish Community Relations Council of
New York, said on X, “This disgusting and despicable act is straight
out of the 1930’s Nazi playbook.”
A spokesperson for the university said: “Columbia unequivocally
condemns vandalism, threats, and personal attacks. Anyone engaging
in such activity will be reported to law enforcement and face
appropriate discipline. Every member of our community deserves to
feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.”
Columbia was the epicenter of a national pro-Palestinian campus
movement protesting Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
The vandalism follows June incidents in which vandals defaced the
home of the Jewish president of the Brooklyn Museum with red paint
and inverted red triangles, and hung a banner vilifying her as a
“White-Supremacist Zionist” on its facade. The homes of three other
museum staffers and board members, who are not Jewish, were also
defaced to express opposition to the museum’s response to a protest
there in May. Police have made two arrests in the case, including a
videographer, Samuel Seligson, who was arrested on Tuesday. He was
charged with four felonies, including hate crimes charges.
In addition, at least one Columbia trustee has had their home
picketed.
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Museum director, board members
Holloway began as Columbia’s COO in January. He served as a
deputy mayor under former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
JTA contributed to this story.
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