NYPD: No danger to students during Cooper Union protest
Police say students were not in serious danger during a pro-Palestinian protest at Cooper Union on Wednesday, after multiple outlets initially reported Jewish students were “barricaded” in the university library.
The demonstration was among many across city college campuses yesterday organized to protest the Israel-Hamas war and demand a ceasefire in Gaza. Students at Cooper Union walked out of class at around 1 p.m. The students then went downstairs and a school official decided to post a private security guard at the library, where about 20 Jewish students, who police said were silently counterprotesting earlier, waited inside for roughly 10 minutes.
“Jewish students from Cooper Union had to lock themselves in the library in order to escape an aggressive anti-Israel mob,” Rep. Ritchie Torres posted on X.
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