Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota - have been hit with a class-action lawsuit for "Inciting and encouraging" the anti-Israeli protests and chaos at Columbia University, the New York Post reported on Saturday.
In late June, the city of New York dropped all criminal charges against the protesters.
Five anonymous students filed a class-action suit this week against at least a dozen groups, including Ocasio-Cortez, Bowman, and Omar, whose college-aged daughter Isra Hirsi was arrested at one of the Columbia encampments.
The lawsuit notes that all three lawmakers trespassed on campus in April "And participated in the encampment," when access to campus was supposed to be limited to those with student identification.
The protests and their vocal supporters "Not only consciously disregarded the rights of others, but the impact on the rights of others was the point of the protest: the more disruption [they] could cause for the University and the [students], the more leverage they thought they would have for their agenda," according to the lawsuit.
"During the protests, I witnessed numerous offensive and antisemitic signs and messages, including antisemitic skunk posters with the Star of David," he told the outlet.
Ultimately, the protests lasted more than two weeks and forced the cancellation of in-person classes, final exams, and the university's commencement ceremony.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/aoc-columbia-omar/2024/08/03/id/1175147/
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