On March 25, 2025, the New York Post reported that Chung was arrested along with eight other anti-Israel activists on March 5, 2025, at a pro-Hamas rally after occupying Barnard's Milstein Library.
Wimer was charged with "disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration."
Following her arrest, StopAntiSemitism reported that Chung was suspended by Columbia.
The library takeover, which was organized by the pro-terror student coalition Columbia University Apartheid Divest group (CUAD), was in support of students who had been suspended for interrupting a "History of Modern Israel" class on January 21, 2025, and distributing anti-Semitic flyers.
During the takeover, anti-Israel activists distributed pamphlets published by the "Hamas Media Office" justifying the group's October 7, 2023 terror attacks. They also chanted: "Intifada, intifada! Globalize the Intifada!"
The activists also shared posters that read: "DEATH TO AMERICA," writing the same message on the library's guest book. They also shared posters in support of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
During the takeover, protesters also chanted: "Disclose! Divest! We will not stop! We will not rest!" and held a wanted poster of Barnard president Laura Ann Rosenbury.
Classes were reportedly disrupted and the police were sent to the location, citing a "bomb threat."
On March 5, 2025, New York Times reported that this was the "second such sit-in to take place at Barnard over the issue," with anti-Israel activists having previously "staged a sit-in at Milbank Hall."
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped 251 and wounded thousands. War crimes included various systematic sexual crimes like gang rape and genital mutilation. Men and women were violated, even after being murdered. Victims who survived that day, including hostages, endured forms of humiliation and torture.
Gazans working in the targeted Israeli villages provided intelligence to Hamas on which families to kill and torture, including long-time employers. Many Palestinian civilians joined in and celebrated the attacks. Hamas livestreamed their crimes on social media, including to victims’ accounts for families to see. To learn more, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
