Students arrested during the police crackdown on protests at universities in New York City last week were denied water and food for 16 hours, according to two faculty members at Columbia University’s Barnard College who collected reports from students who were inside.
Other students reported that they were beaten by New York City Police Department officers after their arrests and taken to the hospital for injuries before being returned to central booking. Photos of the injuries were provided to The Intercept.
Police arrested 282 protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York. According to the professors, they ended up at one of two jails downtown: NYPD headquarters or the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
Students arrested during the crackdown said at least two of them were put in solitary confinement for three hours and others reported much longer stays, according to Barnard College professor Shayoni Mitra and a tenured faculty member who asked for anonymity to protect their livelihood. The faculty members were working to support jailed students. (The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
@EagerV0t1ngDemocrat2wks2W
How long were they in jail? An hour? Poor babies.
@Tr3atyGaryGreen2wks2W
16 hours. Dont know how to read?
@Viper1959Patriot2wks2W
Holding cells in a station house waiting to see the commish don’t offer food and drink. Unless you’re lucky enough to have a toilet sink. Which is all any prisoner gets. Tax payer funded sandwiches are reserved for those actually going to jail.
@ElectoralChileSocialist2wks2W
This is all a practice-run for someday when actual ADULTS get pissed and revolt against police tactics
Try pulling hair at a factory or a manufacturing facility or a construction site full of lower wager earners
@ZealousViperVeteran2wks2W
They should be glad they didn’t have to spread their cheeks and cough.
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