Jewish students at Cooper Union were not in any danger, nor were they "barricaded" inside the school's library during a pro-Palestine protest on Wednesday, despite hysterical claims from pro-Israel activists who compared the scene to the Holocaust.
(Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com)
The myth:
Jewish students at @cooperunion are trapped inside the school library with the doors locked as pro-Palestinian, Hamas sympathizers moved their “protest” indoors once they found out Jews were sheltering inside. Imagine the if the roles were reversed. pic.twitter.com/xNwIyLnI6X
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 25, 2023
Jewish students from Cooper Union had to lock themselves in the library in order to escape an aggressive Anti-Israel mob.
In America, we all should have the freedom to be who we are and worship as we please, without fear of intimidation and harassment and violence.
Where… pic.twitter.com/kTEwvOmIxj
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) October 25, 2023
The reality:
NYPD chief says "there was no danger to any students" at the Cooper Union pro-Palestine protest, and no students were "barricaded" in the library, despite the frenzy certain pundits tried to whip up on social media, acting like they'd have to go in and rescue the next Anne Frank pic.twitter.com/FngiANspOX
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 27, 2023
"Police were there from start to finish," Chief John Chell revealed during a press conference on Thursday.
"There was no direct threat, there was no damage and there was no danger to any students in that school," Chell continued. "The students were not barricaded ... A school administrator thought it was prudent to close the doors."
Students were asked if they wanted taxi rides home and "they said, 'No, we feel safe, we're good,' and they all left," Chell added.
Josh Hawley, hailing the passage of his resolution condemning pro-Palestine protesters, calls on college administrators to punish political speech he deems "unsafe" and "violent," repeats the fake Cooper Union "barricade" story, and suggests sending the National Guard to campuses pic.twitter.com/hQp3pkIHg3
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 27, 2023
This whole story was pure, unadulterated, hysterical propaganda.
From New York Post, "Jewish students reveal what really happened at Cooper Union protest":
"When they started banging on the door, my heart started pounding," the student told The Post Wednesday. "I was crying. I think if the doors weren't locked -- I don't know what would have happened."
As a young Jewish woman at the university of less than 1,000 students, Lent said she now questions her welfare on campus.
"I mainly fear for my safety on campus and in my school buildings," she said.
Jewish Republican councilwoman Inna Vernikov from Brooklyn demanded University president Laura Sparks resign over the incident.
-@InnaVernikov demanding the president of @cooperunion to step down for not keeping the Jewish students at Cooper Union safe! pic.twitter.com/XV3iDdNvlo
— Melanie Notkin (@SavvyAuntie) October 26, 2023
She claimed on X that the Jewish students who were "barricaded" in the library were "TERRIFIED," "SHAKEN," "traumatized" and said they "will never walk in there feeling alright again."
8. The Jewish students barricaded in the library were TERRIFIED, some of them SHAKEN. They believed they could've been physically assaulted and injured, and feared for their well-being. One of the slogans heard was "Globalize the intifada from New York to Gaza"
— Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) October 26, 2023
11. This is a terrible DERELICTION OF DUTY on behalf of @cooperunion to protect its Jewish students from physical harm, a failure to provide them with a safe space, and the university must be held accountable for creating a HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. HEADS NEED TO ROLL.
— Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) October 26, 2023
Vernikov actually showed up with a gun to a pro-Palestine protest at Brooklyn College two weeks ago.
Vernikov actually showed up with a gun to a pro-Palestine protest at Brooklyn College two weeks ago.
At today’s rally on Brooklyn College campus led by the students in their SJP chapter, Inna Vernikov showed up showcasing a gun to Palestinian students and their allies.
These are the tactics of force and intimidation used by zionist groups to silence any support for Palestine. pic.twitter.com/woQ6KGE1Gv
— CUNY4Palestine (@Cuny4P) October 12, 2023
The @NYPDnews has confirmed that @InnaVernikov was arrested on charges of criminal possession of a firearm this morning for the butt of her gun being exposed at this rally. Her permit to carry a firearm has also been surrendered. Story on the way. https://t.co/TbEfqqlz1a
— Jeff Mays (@JeffCMays) October 13, 2023
Imagine having that level of privilege!
As Glenn Greenwald noted on Thursday, this hysterical nonsense would have been laughed at and ruthlessly mocked by conservatives if the designated "victim" group was "trans or black or immigrant students."
This Jewish student at the @UW -- an adult -- was turned into a hero and martyr for weepingly begging a campus administrator to keep her safe by banning a peaceful pro-Palestinian protest.
Imagine the mockery if this were a trans or black or immigrant student doing the same: pic.twitter.com/4SsqKUjJXg
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 26, 2023
This unabashed, virulent antisemitism is unacceptable in the United States. DOJ and FBI must start J6-style scorched earth probe, get all the video, and aggressively prosecute blatant civil rights crimes. Not enough to express regret. Indict.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) October 25, 2023
Every GOP controlled opposition shill from Ben Shapiro to Libs of TikTok to Charlie Kirk and so on has exposed themselves as whiny cry bullies and safe-space-needing SJWs who embody all the "woke" "cancel culture" nonsense they claim to be against.
They're all now cheering the Anti-Defamation League, aiding in their witch hunts and demanding 232 years of First Amendment protections be thrown in the trash to protect the foreign state of Israel!
?? During #BanTheADL, Ben Shapiro and Libs of TikTok criticised the ADL for being too left-wing.
Since Israel was attacked, Shapiro has been promoting Jonathan Greenblatt and Libs of TikTok is encouraging her followers to report people to the ADL for antisemitism. Israel first! pic.twitter.com/yzvkZom3i7
— Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) October 26, 2023
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