Pro-Palestinian protesters sue Columbia University following 2025 arrests

Pro-Palestinian activists sue Columbia over response to 2025 library occupation - blame Trump ‘pressure’

Claim wasn’t an ‘occupation’ but ‘a short ‘teach-in demonstration’ Three pro-Palestinian student activists filed a federal class action lawsuit last Friday over Columbia University’s handling of Butler Library’s occupation by demonstrators last year. As reported by The College Fix, roughly 80 activists occupied Butler shouting slogans such as “Columbia will burn for the martyrs,” and […]

Pro-Palestinian protesters sue Columbia University following 2025 arrests

Pro-Palestinian protesters are suing Columbia University, claiming the school unlawfully imprisoned and assaulted nearly 100 student and community demonstrators during a “teach-in” last year.  Plaintiffs Nisreen Khokhar, Jessie Rubin,  Hayes Buchanan, among others, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Sept. 18. The suit alleges that...