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Why Are Columbia Protesters Charged With Misdemeanors and City College Protesters Charged with Felonies?
Why Are Columbia Protesters Charged With Misdemeanors and City College Protesters Charged with Felonies?
“People arrested at Columbia were being charged with trespassing, a misdemeanor, while those arrested at City College were being charged with burglary, a felony.” ……. Property damage was caused at both sites. Do City College President Vincent Boudreau and Columbia President Minouche Shafik want their students treated with leniency?
”Ivy League university where undergraduate tuition and fees run more than $68,000 a year charged with third-degree trespass, a Class B misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail, while students at City College, a public institution where tuition is just over a tenth of Columbia’s, were slammed with burglary in the third degree, a Class D felony that can carry a sentence of up to seven years in prison?”
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