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University of Columbia faculty addressed crowds of protesters on Monday, April 22, amid a walkout over the arrest of students during pro-Palestine demonstrations.Video filmed by Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes shows David Lurie, president of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and professor of Japanese history, reading from the AAUP-Columbia statement released on Saturday.“We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the administration’s suspension of students engaged in peaceful protest and their arrest by the New York City Police Department”, Lurie says.Then, Christopher Brown, professor of history, says: “The New York Police Department does not belong on this campus except in moments of extreme emergency. And that show of force was a sign of weakness. In trying to show that they meant business, what they showed was their incompetence.”Columbia University canceled all in-person classes on Monday, due to the ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on its Manhattan campus. Credit: Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes via Storyful