Columbia U. Starts Suspending Pro-Hamas Student Protesters Who Refused to Disperse – RedState

Well, it certainly took them long enough. As we reported earlier, Columbia University issued a 2 p.m. Monday deadline for students to abandon the anti-Israel encampment that has overtaken the campus or they’d face consequences. However, 2 p.m. came and went, nothing happened, and the NYPD was not sent in to clear out the place as some expected even though the defiant mob did not move. 

Background:

The NYPD Has Mobilized, but Will Columbia University Ask Them to Clear Encampment As Deadline Expires?

Columbia Deadline Passes As Protesters Refuse to Leave, Post Signs Saying ‘Columbia Will Burn’

Columbia University Sets 2 p.m. Deadline for Encampment to Be Cleared – or Else – After Negotiations Fail

But later Monday, the feckless administration actually started meting out punishment and began suspending the students who refused to leave.

The institution plans to bar them from campus as…