On Friday morning, New York City police officers went to two different universities to disperse anti-Jewish protesters on campus. The police stated that they found someone behind the scenes orchestrating these protest activities.
First, the police cleared a camp at New York University (NYU), arresting several protesters and calling in cleaning crews to dismantle tents and clean up the trash left by the protesters.
Later, the New York City Police Department was called to The New School in New York to remove protesters, a globally renowned left-wing university.
After the operation, Chief Patrolman John Chell of the New York City Police Department confirmed to reporters that the police took action “at the request of the school administrators,” ultimately arresting 56 individuals at both schools without any reports of conflict or injuries.
Deputy Chief Kaz Daughtry, who was in charge of the police operation, also spoke to the press, indicating that there was someone or some organization behind the large-scale protest movement.
“I just want to emphasize, as I’ve said before, someone is pulling the strings behind this movement,” Daughtry said. “There is an organization behind this movement. At these two schools and at Columbia University, we have seen someone orchestrating these activities.”
The deputy chief mentioned that the police found pamphlets providing protesters with “all the details.”
“There are pamphlets on how to protest, as well as how to engage in nonviolent resistance,” Daughtry explained. “The pamphlets detail what to do when you are arrested, and what to say to the police.”
He reiterated, “Someone is funding these activities. Someone is agitating our students.”
Daughtry shared on the social platform X some disturbing propaganda materials found at the protesters’ camp, including anti-American and anti-Israel slogans.
For example, phrases like “Death to America,” “You won’t find a ceasefire agreement here with us,” “Enter the temporary autonomous region from New York to Gaza,” and “Destroy, reclaim, and destroy Jewish nationalist commercial interests everywhere.”
One document stated, “We can choose to learn how to build effective roadblocks, how to most effectively link arms to resist police attacks, or which type of expanding foam is best suited to break the doorknobs in our universities. This is not talk – this is an urgent need.”
A document showcased by the police urged students to accept “external agitators,” claiming that if these individuals are excluded, the protest activities are destined to fail.
“The distinction between students and non-students will only reinforce the divide between the university and its surrounding community… We should as clearly as possible welcome ‘external agitators’ to join our struggle against the ruthless genocide of the Palestinian people,” the document read. “If we restrict political participation to the students themselves and exclude those standing at the door, we are bound to fail.”
Daughtry posted photos on X, stating that the police found “gas masks, ear protection, helmets, goggles, tape, hammers, knives, ropes and a book on terrorism” at the university protesters’ camp.
“These are not tools for student protests; they are tools of agitators, people engaged in nefarious activities,” Daughtry stated. “You can continue to protest peacefully and legally; but know that if you engage in illegal activities, the New York City Police will hold you accountable and answer to you.”
Chief Patrolman Chell remarked, “Some of these students may have been indoctrinated with radical ideologies. Young, impressionable individuals are being influenced by professional agitators.”
The police indicated that during the Friday operation, officers offered “multiple options” to the protesters at New York University as long as they peacefully leave the area, they could depart without being arrested.
The police clarified that this operation was not a “raid.”
Chell stated, “The presidents of the two universities submitted their requests in writing, I would not call it a raid. I see it as removing children who illegally entered.”
In recent weeks, over 2,000 protesters, including students, teachers, and outside agitators, have been arrested at universities across the United States.