“The same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don’t deserve to live, fascists don’t deserve to live, racists don’t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn’t live in this world,” said James.
James later offered a tepid apology, but laid the blame at the foot of “right-wing agitators,” claiming they were targeted for being “visibly queer and black.”
Last spring’s encampment continued to expand until April 18, when Columbia president Minouche Shafik — who soon after resigned under pressure — finally called on the NYPD to enter the campus and break it up after protesters ignored warnings to leave.