In the spring of 2024, a mob of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University took over a building. One of the underreported aspects of the story is that when the mob invaded the building and barricaded the door, there were two custodians trapped in the building with them.
The two men sued the school and have now settled for an undisclosed amount.
The New York Post reports:
Columbia janitors forced to scrub swastikas after brutal assault by anti-Israel mob settle with school for undisclosed amountTwo Columbia University custodians, who filed complaints against the school over their chilling experiences of being trapped by an anti-Israel mob and forced to scrub swastikas, have decided to settle with the Ivy League institution, The Post has learned.Lester Wilson and Mario Torres, whose complaints sparked a civil rights probe, have opted to take advantage of Columbia’s recently announced $220 million settlement for civil rights violations and racially discriminatory practices.The settlement is for an undisclosed amount of money.While that wraps up Wilson’s and Torres’ battle against Columbia, the two men are still forging ahead with their lawsuit against more than 40 protesters whom they allege held them hostage during the Hamilton Hall riot last year.Columbia had inked the $220 million deal with the Trump administration to restore the bulk of federal funding to the elite institution.
FOX News has more about what these men were forced to endure:
The pair, who have reportedly worked at the university for five years, claim they were assaulted as protesters stormed the campus building April 29, 2024. The protesters allegedly “terrorized the two men into the early morning of April 30th, assaulted and battered them, held them against their will,” the lawsuit states.When the janitors attempted to “defend” Hamilton Hall from the individuals, they were called “Jew-lovers,” “Jew-worker” and “Zionist.” At the time, the protesters renamed the building “Hinds Hall.”Prior to taking over Hamilton Hall, the protesters allegedly agreed they would “intimidate, harass, bribe, threaten, and/or assault and batter such employees” who posed a threat to their plan, the lawsuit said.At one point, Torres reportedly used a fire extinguisher to defend himself and was hit on the back by protesters while Wilson was shoved and had furniture pushed into him.”‘I’m going to get twenty guys up here to f— you up’,” one masked rioter who shoved Torres threatened, according to the complaint.
What they were put through is shameful.
I assume that these two gentlemen will never need to work as janitors again, and good for them.
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