Columbia paid $395,000 after suspending Jewish student for using ‘fart spray’ at protest

[Claira]

Columbia University paid a Jewish student nearly $400,000 in a settlement after suspending them for spraying a novelty “fart spray” at an anti-Israel protest last year.

The settlement was revealed in a sprawling report on campus antisemitism released on Thursday by the House’s Committee on Education and the Workforce. The report runs more than 300 pages and is based on correspondence and other documents from several schools, many of them elite universities like Columbia. It depicts administrations struggling to respond to the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror onslaught and the large pro-Palestinian demonstrations and allegations of antisemitism that followed.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/columbia-paid-395000-after-suspending-jewish-student-for-using-fart-spray-at-protest/

[ExpandMyMind]

Pretty ingenious. Makes me wonder why police haven't tried this already with protestors.

Hell, it'd probably be great for splitting up weekend town brawls as well.

[Antigonos]

Too bad it didn’t go to trial. Imagine being  on the jury for this one.

Edited November 3 by Antigonos

[Gromdor]

People really shouldn't be spraying protestors (or anyone else) with any form of chemical agent. 

[+and-then]

3 hours ago, Gromdor said:

People really shouldn't be spraying protestors (or anyone else) with any form of chemical agent. 

I'd have no problem with doing it in self defense.  These anti-Israel protesters are prone to violent attacks.  Fart spray would be a better option than they'd have down here.  Laying hands on someone is a pretty serious step down here.

[acidhead]

Well, that stinks! 

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