A video shared on social media shows segments of a meeting James Khymani participated in with University officials in January, punctuated with clips of his commentary.
In the meeting, a Columbia official read one of his social media posts in which he discusses killing Zionists, and he was asked, “Do you see why that’s problematic in any way?” to which James proclaimed, “No.”
“I feel very comfortable, very comfortable, calling for those people to die,” James said.
Despite James’ violent rhetoric and ideations being freely expressed and available since January, he was still allowed at Columbia and able to organize the encampment that has spread like a virus to other college campuses across the country.
On Friday, a campus spokesman confirmed that James is now not allowed at Columbia, saying, “The student in question has been banned from campus.”
They did not elaborate on whether barring James from the campus indicated a suspension or a permanent expulsion.
