Avery Reed

Overview

Avery Reed was reportedly arrested at an illegal anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University (Columbia) during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists.

Reed’s arrest occurred in April 2024, in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023. The attacks left over 1,200 Israeli Jews dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron,” which Reed was protesting. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

As of May 2024, Reed’s LinkedIn profile said she had been a research assistant at the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia since September 2023.

As of the same date, Reed’s LinkedIn said she was “#OPENTOWORK” as a “Research Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Assistant Paralegal, Archives Intern and Archives Manager.”

Also as of May 2024, Reed’s LinkedIn said she was a summer intern at the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James from June 2022 to January 2023. She also served as a part-time fellow for the “Biden for President” campaign in Florida from July 2020 to January 2021.

As of May 2024, Reed’s LinkedIn said she received a bachelor’s degree in “Political Science and Government and English” from Barnard College (Barnard) in 2024. Barnard is part of Columbia, which is located in New York, New York.

Arrested at an Illegal Anti-Israel Campus Encampment

On April 18, 2024, Reed was reportedly one of 114 protesters arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and charged with trespassing while participating in the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at Columbia. Anti-Israel activist groups live streamed the arrests where some protesters were resisting arrest.

On April 17, 2024, Columbia students and anti-Israel activists set up what they called the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the university's main lawn. Participants protested Israel’s war against Hamas and demanded that Columbia “divest from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation…”

The action had reportedly been planned for months and was organized by the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) coalition, as well as Columbia’s banned pro-terror groups Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). The Columbia activists reportedly consulted with and received training from National SJP and other anti-Israel organizations.

The encampment was forcibly dismantled at the directive of Columbia’s president and administration. The NYPD [New York Police Department] entered the area, cleared the encampment and arrested more than 100 students. They were also charged with trespassing and suspended from Columbia indefinitely.

Two days later, activists created a new encampment. When divestment negotiations with Columbia failed, protestors illegally forced their way into the university’s Hamilton Hall on April 30, 2024. They smashed [00:00:55] through a glass-paneled door, broke security cameras and threw university property out of the windows.

While barricading themselves in the building, agitators kept three Columbia custodians hostage and stopped them from leaving. When the NYPD raided and dismantled the encampment a second time, they arrested more than 100 students, nearly half of whom were reportedly not affiliated with Columbia.

NYPD shared on Twitter photos of objects the police found in Hamilton Hall. These included knives, hammers, gas masks, ropes and a pamphlet that read [video 1]: “...DISRUPT/RECLAIM/DESTROY zionist business interests everywhere! DEATH TO ISRAELI REAL STATE! DEATH TO AMERICA!...LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA!” The term “Intifada” is Arabic for uprising or insurrection, and carries the connotation of violence.

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