Ocasio-Cortez, ‘Squad’ Members Sued for Inciting Anti-semitic Violence at Columbia

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other members of her far-left congressional “Squad” are in a world of legal trouble, according to a report from Fox News on Sunday.

AOC and the others are facing a class-action lawsuit accusing them of inciting anti-Semitic violence at the prestigious Columbia University earlier this summer, as well as encampments. Five students filed an anonymous lawsuit, naming Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Reps. Jamal Bowman of New York, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The lawsuit also names around a dozen anti-Israel organizing groups, Fox reported.

“The Gaza Encampment was extreme and outrageous conduct. It was illegal. It violated university rules. Its occupants harassed, followed, physically blocked, intimidated, and bullied Jewish students,” the lawsuit says.

Two of the five students are Jewish. One, identified as “Tim Doe” in the suit, spoke about it in an interview with the New York Post.

“During the protests, I witnessed numerous offensive and antisemitic signs and messages, including antisemitic skunk posters with the Star of David,” he told The Post.

“In one instance, I was walking with my non-Jewish friends when I was singled out because I was wearing my yarmulke. A leader of the pro-Palestinian protest approached our group and confronted me. He singled me out, yelling that I needed to move, and when I refused, he began to shove me out of the way,” he noted further.

The encampment at Columbia University captured international attention as students and even faculty engaged in a campus takeover that went on for weeks.

The protests led to classes being moved online and severely restricted access to campus buildings, which impacted students preparing for final exams. As a result, Columbia, along with other universities nationwide, had to cancel its graduation ceremony. […]

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