A campus safety officer at the College of Staten Island was suspended after being recorded cursing at pro-Palestinian protesters during a graduation ceremony on May 23 and expressing support for their killing. (Screenshot/YouTube Al Mayadeen English)
Share
|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
NEW YORK — A campus safety officer at a public college in New York City has been suspended after footage circulated online showing him cursing at pro-Palestinian protesters during a graduation ceremony and saying he supported killing them all, the school confirmed Friday.
An unidentified protester filmed the officer at the May 23 graduation for the College of Staten Island, part of the public City University of New York system that was rocked by a recent police crackdown on campus protests.
In a highly edited video shared by Instagram accounts affiliated with student protest organizers, a demonstrator can be heard yelling at the officer, “You support genocide!”
“Yes I do, I support genocide,” says the officer. “I support killing all you guys, how about that?”
Related Story: Protest in Mexico City Turns Violent as Molotov Cocktails Burn Israeli Embassy
In another clip posted in the video, the officer can be heard hurling an expletive at another protester, followed by “your mother.”
