Class Action Lawsuit Against Columbia for Its Unsafe Environment

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When parents pay tens of thousands of dollars for their child’s education, they expect their children will be safe. Columbia let this go on too long. Now, they’re facing a major class action lawsuit.

Columbia has started to suspend students. There is no word on how many.

The lawsuit doesn’t concern itself with speech. The concern is that a subset of protesters have gone “beyond simply engaging in free speech.”

That’s an understatement.

The lawsuit then addressed April 18, when a group of extreme demonstrators at Columbia created the “Liberated Zone,” an area where over 60 tents were erected.

Protesters along the perimeter of the zone allegedly blocked Jewish students from walking through as anti-Israel activists used force, harassment, and threats of violence.

These protesters are scary. No one should have to deal with this, especially not to get an education.

I feel sorry for Columbia University President Nemet Shafik. As educators, we don’t expect to go into the Lion’s Den. We just want to teach and help youth learn. It’s not exactly our bailiwick. You don’t plan to go into battle. You’re there to educate young people.

However, it went on too long, and they let it fester. Some bad actors were emboldened. It should have ended after day one.

I worked in K-12, but I know we wouldn’t have let that go on every one day.


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ooddballz
ooddballz
1 year ago

If it doesn’t come from THEIR pockets (endowment) then the taxpayers will be on the hook for it.

Jim Wolf
Jim Wolf
1 year ago

This should be the subject of a RICO Act investigation. These Soros organizations are paying people to commit crimes, so this is basically a very large criminal conspiracy. I hope when he gets in Trump goes after them big time. It’s unfortunate no one was bright enough in his first administration to realize they could have used this to go after BLM and Antifa. They tried it in Florida and Texas, so both AG’s could prosecute.

Plato v2.0
Plato v2.0
1 year ago

BANKRUPT THIS COMMUNIST ORGANIZATION, Throw all of the communist staff in prison of course after we give them a Trump Trial and shoot anyone who tries to prevent it from happening!

The Prisoner
The Prisoner
1 year ago

The police are supposed to handle crimes.

The university has a little junky security force, which does not usurp the responsibility of the police to enforce laws.

There has been an unsafe environment for conservatives on many campuses for many years.

Peter B. Prange
Peter B. Prange
1 year ago

And the got Hoffa for tax evasion…
I love this clever approach.