Alvin Bragg Drops Nearly All Charges Against Columbia University’s Anti-Israel Protesters

"No one is above the law." 

Except the anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University.

Thursday, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who dubiously prosecuted Donald Trump earlier this year, dismissed trespassing charges against 31 Columbia University protesters who were arrested for occupying a campus building on April 30.

The NYPD arrested the 30 protesters after a police sweep less than 24 hours after the protesters stormed Hamilton Hall, used tables, chairs, and a human chain to block entry to the building, and hoisted an "intifada" banner.

Rank-and-file NYPD officers, higher education officials, and Jewish leaders spoke to the New York Post about the Braggs and the dismissal. 

"This is turnstile justice," said Michael Nussbaum, a 25-year member of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. "This a green light for chaos, a green light for destroying property."

Braggs cites a "lack of evidence" for dropping the changes. A police source scoffed at that claim.

"Lack of evidence?" the source told The Post. "Apparently body-worn camera wasn’t enough?" 

"We have a DA giving them what amounts to a mandate to push the envelope further now," said another veteran cop.

Prosecutors say they will, however, move forward with charges against a man named James Carlson. 

Carlson, who has been dubbed as the "possible leader" of the Columbia University protests, faces hate crime, assault, and petit larceny raps for allegedly torching an Israel supporter’s flag and then hitting a 22-year-old in the face with a rock during an April demonstration.

Police say Carlson also destroyed a camera inside a holding call at One Police Plaza after he was taken into custody.

Still, Bragg's dismissal will further validate concerns Jewish students have at Columbia about their safety at the university. 

Earlier this week, the Columbia University task force published a report regarding antisemitism on campus. The report mentions comments from "hundreds of testimonies," which described a pattern of "harassment, intimidation, discrimination and exclusion against Jewish students by professors and fellow students."

A student specifically detailed how a professor told students to stop consuming the mainstream media following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. Why? The professor said the "media is owned by Jews."

Between the Ivy League and Alvin Bragg, Jewish students don't have much hope in New York. 

Bragg should drop his political vendettas. But we doubt he will – at least not until after the election.