NEW YORK CITY (TND) — The New York City Police Department (NYPD) shared images of disturbing anti-American pamphlets Friday which the department says circulated the now-cleared New York University anti-Israel encampment.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry shared images of the pamphlets via X, saying that while the reading materials align with free speech, they are inflammatory and were distributed by occupants of the campus’s illegal encampment.
“Enough with the de-escalation trainings; where are the escalation trainings?” one reads.
“Those who call for peace are chastising a mirage,” another reads. “To enemies: the time of calm you sing of will not return. Every day, we increase in strength, and you increase in weakness: our war with you is long and, and your losses are many.”
Death to America!” reads another.Daughtry also shared images of the contents of the backpack of a student who aided in occupying Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall.
“Gas masks, ear plugs, helmets, goggles, tape, hammers, knives, ropes, and a book on TERRORISM,” he remarked. “These are not the tools of students protesting, these are the tools of agitators, of people who were working on something nefarious.”
Reacting to the images was NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper.
“For those romanticizing the protests occurring on college campuses, ‘Death to America!’ is one sentiment that runs counter to what we believe in, what we stand for, and what many have fought for on behalf of this country,” he said. “And if you think the words written on this piece of paper are disturbing you should hear the vile, disgusting, hateful, & threatening words coming out of the mouths of far too many of these so called ‘peaceful protestors.’”
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell also chimed in.
“Vulnerable and young people being influenced by professional agitators,” he lamented. “Who is funding and leading this movement?”
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