VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-28
“They chose brutality. They chose repression,”
Mahmoud Khalil · said 2026-10-27 · reported 2026-10-28
Khalil criticized Columbia for authorizing NYPD to clear protesters from campus during the 2024 demonstrations.
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