Back in April, at the height of the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, a student named Khymani James, who was deeply involved in the protests, declared, “Be glad — be grateful — that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”
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James was suspended and is now suing the school.
The New York Post reports:
Suspended Columbia student who declared ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ sues universityOne of the students who led Columbia University’s anti-Israel encampment in the spring is suing the Ivy League school for suspending him over hateful video in which he declares, “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”Khymani James, 21, of Boston was denied due process and fair treatment when suspended — a violation of university policy, according to his Sept. 27 Manhattan Supreme Court filing.The decision to suspend James from campus in April was made mostly because of media pressure, and he also was unfairly targeted because his is black and pro-Palestine, the court document said.James’ suspension “inflamed the hatred” toward him on the Morningside Heights campus, the lawsuit added.The student activist suggested in his suit that university officials “routinely privileges students who support Israel over those who do not, rewarding bad faith behavior and in fact turning a blind eye to violations of the student code by Israel supporters.”
According to the Washington Free Beacon, James was whisked away from campus last spring over concerns for his safety:
Columbia Covered Travel Costs for Suspended Student Who Fantasized About ‘Murdering Zionists,’ Citing ‘Concern About His Safety,’ Lawsuit RevealsColumbia University paid for Khymani James, its now-infamous anti-Semitic student who fantasized on video about “murdering Zionists,” to return home at the height of the spring encampment that plagued Columbia’s campus, according to a new lawsuit. An “associate dean at Columbia” called James, the suit says, to express “concern about his safety” before the school “bought James a train ticket to Boston.”James filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Ivy League institution, accusing it of using “anti-Palestinian bias” to discriminate against him in favor of “Zionist Jewish” students. He made international headlines in April when video surfaced of him saying that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and that Columbia officials should be “grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”Columbia responded by banning James from its Morningside Heights campus and announcing his “interim suspension.” At the time, a Columbia administrator contacted James to arrange his departure from New York City, according to the suit—not because of his suspension, which was not leveled until a day later, but because of safety concerns.
You can read the details of the lawsuit here.
I’m having a hard time understanding how this person gained admission to an Ivy League school.
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