In the wake of the protests at Columbia, New York City’s police and mayor quickly seized on a narrative that the impetus for the protests was not with the students themselves but must be traceable to some shadowy cabal of outside organizers and agitators. “Who is funding this? What is happening? There is an unknown entity who is radicalizing our vulnerable students,” Chief of Patrol John Chell wrote on X, referring to the campus encampments.
Mayor Eric Adams, meanwhile, told MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “I just want to send a clear message out that there are people who are harmful and are trying to radicalize our children.”
Mayor Eric Adams, meanwhile, told MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “I just want to send a clear message out that there are people who are harmful and are trying to radicalize our children.”