Many arrestees at NYC college protests are not students: Officials

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Some of the protesters who were at Columbia University and City College of New York were arraigned on Thursday.

City officials say many of the more than 280 people arrested are not students at the schools, but are agitators known to local law enforcement, like James Carlson, 40, of Park Slope, Brooklyn.RELATED: Live college protest updates at Fordham, NYU and Stony BrookFOX 5 was there for Carlson's arraignment on criminal mischief, arson and other charges. At one point, the judge and a court officer chastised him for disrespectful behavior during his arraignment.

RELATED: Live college protest updates: Rutgers students agree to disband campus encampment"They're the ones who probably know the system the best, know exactly what will happen when they get to the police station, as well as what will happen through the arraignment process.

 

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