Per witnesses, KAHANE drove up to the picketers as they were marching from one trustee’s house and asked for a flyer from his vehicle, a Volvo. When someone reached out to give him one, he grabbed their arm. He then circled the block, veered toward the sidewalk, before driving into the march.
A de-escalator, who was providing safety support to the student picketers at the back of the march, put her hands up to indicate to KAHANE to wait. He drove into her. Another de-escalator sat in front of the vehicle to force it to stop. Students moved onto the sidewalk. That de-escalator who sat in front of the vehicle was arrested. EMS was called by the first de-escalator who was hit, and showed them injuries to her leg. She was detained after being taken into an ambulance that she called. KAHANE is then arrested, and was reportedly laughing and “chummy” with the cops.
Per video reviewed by me, DI Zuber, commanding officer, made derogatory statements to the student protestors, calling them “fucking morons” and telling them “there’s consequences when you’re an adult,” effectively blaming them for a Jewish fascist intentionally driving his car into them.
Notably, no students were injured: The safety team accompanying them put their bodies in the way to keep them safe, and were arrested for it.
In addition, this picket was intended to point out people who donate substantial funds to Columbia to influence their operations against anti-genocide protests, fanning the flames of racist Zionist hate depicted in today’s car attack and beyond.