New York City mayor Eric Adams and New York Police Department officials insisted this week that the protest occupation of a Columbia University hall, escalating months-long pro-Palestine demonstrations at the institution, was carried out by "outside agitators."
But when repeatedly pressed by media for evidence to support the claim, the Democratic mayor and officials bobbed and weaved, with Adams arguing, reports The New York Times' Dana Rubinstein, on CNBC Thursday morning that the percentage of "outside agitators" compared to the number of student protesters "doesn't matter" following a spiel about the danger a professor espousing misinformation poses to young people.
