The chief of the New York City Police Department is speaking out after receiving criticism over the way officers are treating pro-Palestinan protesters at Columbia University.
Patrol Chief John Chell took to X to respond to remarks from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who slammed the department for deploying its counterterrorism unit on campus after arresting 100 protesters on suspicion of trespassing. Among them was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, Isra Hirsi, who was subsequently suspended.
“Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some of the most violent reputations on the force,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday. “NYPD had promised the city they wouldn’t deploy [Strategic Response Group] to protests.”
Ocasio-Cortez also came to Hirsi’s defense promptly following her suspension, pointing to the fact
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