You gotta love it. The pro-Hamas organizers and protestors who fomented violence against Jews and commandeered Columbia University‘s Hamilton Hall in 2024, demanding divestment and shouting “Free Palestine,” ended up traumatizing and victimizing the people of color for whom they claim they are standing up. Two minority janitors who were trapped in the building by this group, held hostage, and assaulted, are now suing the individuals involved.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dropped 31 of the 46 charges filed against these protestors, so this lawsuit is poetic justice.
The Columbia University janitors who were held hostage during the violent takeover of a campus building last spring are suing their alleged captors for battery, assault, and conspiracy to violate their civil rights, according to a copy of the suit reviewed exclusively by The Free…
