Portside- Columbia, alongside other U.S. universities, systematically suppressed pro-Palestinian speech, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA claim in a Sept. 23 report. The report alleges that Columbia suspended student groups for peaceful protest in an "unlawful" manner that exposed student activists to "excessive force" by calling law enforcement to campus, and was disproportionately harsh in its issuance of suspensions and expulsions against activists.
The analysis used the university's disciplinary responses, concessions made in negotiations with the federal government, and testimony from student protesters and other university affiliates to substantiate its findings.
The 322-page document comes after a two-year investigation that covered 80 universities across the country. Columbia is featured as one of the report's six university case studies.
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