NYC mayor claims Columbia protests sparked by 'outside agitators'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams told Good Day New York that "outside agitators" could be responsible for arranging the pro-Palestinian encampment on Columbia University's Upper Manhattan campus."What we're seeing here, I think, is outside agitators, as we saw with the Black Lives Matter marches … they come and disrupt protests all over the country. We're seeing their despicable terminology and words that I think is immoral," he said in an interview Thursday.

" Pushed by FOX 5 NY's Curt Menefee for evidence, Adams pointed to a Wall Street Journal report and claimed anarchists had flooded 2020 Black Lives Matter protests to cause violence."We are seeing familiar faces that are at various marches and protests that we believe continuously are able to infiltrate these marches and want to cause some serious conflicts, and we need to stay on top of that," Adams told Menefee.

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