A group of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Ivy League school for discrimination against protesters and students of Palestinian origin.
Palestine Legal, an advocacy group for those who support Palestinian causes, filed the complaint Thursday with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The group said it is representing four students, as well as Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, which was suspended from the campus last year after holding protests regarding Israel’s war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Palestine Legal said in a news release it is “demanding an investigation into Columbia University’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear — for the first time in decades — to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide last week.”
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