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James Carlson’s Arrest at and Participation in the Pro-Hamas Encampment at Columbia University (Columbia)

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James Carlson [Cody Carlson, Cody Tarlow] was arrested at the pro-Hamas encampment at Columbia in April 2024. Carlson was also indicted for his activities at the Columbia encampment in September 2024.

Animal-rights attorney James Carlson was arrested at the Columbia encampment for his role in the April 30, 2024 storming, occupation and vandalism of the university’s Hamilton Hall by anti-Israel demonstrators. Carlson reportedly had “a significant role in the takeover of Hamilton Hall.”

On April 30, 2024, participants in Columbia’s second pro-Hamas encampment forced their way into the university’s Hamilton Hall, barricading themselves in the building and taking three Columbia custodians hostage. Protesters also vandalized [00:00:55] and destroyed university property inside the hall. A police raid on Hamilton found knives, gas masks, ropes and literature that read: “...DESTROY zionist business interests everywhere!...DEATH TO AMERICA!...”

A May 20, 2024, Free Lance News article reported that Carlson was charged with “third degree criminal trespass…punishable by up to three months in jail, a year of probation and/or up to a $500 fine.”

A May 4, 2024, New York Post article reported that on April 20, 2024, the fourth day of the Columbia encampment, Carlson and two other encampment participants grabbed a pro-Israel counterprotester’s Israeli flag outside the university gates. NBC News article reported on May 4, 2024 that after “Carlson yanked the flag out of [the counterprotester’s] hands and took off…[he] was captured on video setting the flag on fire with a lighter.”

In a September 9, 2024 press release, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced “...the indictment of JAMES CARLSON, 40, for burning another person’s Israeli flag during an April 20 [2024] protest at Columbia…CARLSON is charged…with one count of Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree; two counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree; and one count of Arson in the Fifth Degree.”

The press release added: “...CARLSON is also charged with damaging police property inside of a holding cell while being processed following his arrest [in Hamilton Hall] at an April 30 [2024] protest at Columbia."

Also according to the press release, Carlson “is not a student, staff, or faculty member at Columbia.”

The encampment was also in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Columbia is located in New York, New York.

James Carlson
James Carlson
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New York
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