Spencer Mulvaney, 20, a sophomore film major at NYU, said she found the administration’s actions “upsetting.”
“The protests that occurred were nonviolent and contained,” she said. “Yet the police incited fear and used force … as someone yelled, ‘These are kids!'”
![Attendees at a rally organized by NYU students listen to a talk about the history of the Palestinian struggle on April 23, 2024.]()
New York University’s Manhattan campus was quiet early Tuesday following pro-Palestinian demonstrations that led to scores of arrests a day earlier. Outside the Stern business school, cameras were trained on a set of barricades while a man held a sign reading, “Israel kills 1400 kids.”
Nearby, Nikhil Chirumamilla, a senior studying dramatic writing, looked on. He saw the protests Monday but chose not to get involved when he spotted police in riot gear. Referencing an email NYU President Linda Mills sent out in the aftermath, he said her reasoning for the response seemed “flimsy.”
“I feel like the university response was a bit dramatic. I think it was peaceful protest,” Chirumamilla said, adding that the university is “clear on their position on the matter. They’re not as open to pro-Palestinian voices on campus.”
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