NYC doctor, serial anti-Israel protester, 47, among non-students arrested at Columbia, CUNY raids
https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/doctor-known-anti-israel-protester-among-the-282-arrested-at-columbia-city-college-of-ny/A Manhattan doctor and a known anti-Israel protester were among the 282 people arrested overnight when the NYPD raided campus encampments at Columbia University and the City College of New York.
Fernando Bobis, 42, an internal medicine doctor based in Washington Heights, was one of the 109 people arrested at Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus, where rioters had broken into an academic building, occupying it for more than 20 hours before university officials called the cops for help.
“Five and 1/2 hours in a holding cell with no bathroom, no water, no food. I had a hard time checking my insulin to make sure I was okay. I’m Type 1 diabetic,” Bobis told reporters after his arrest was processed at NYPD headquarters.
He was among several busted protesters who were released from One Police Plaza Wednesday morning — as hundreds of their comrades greeted them with cheers and handed out bottled water, food and sunscreen.
The Brown University graduate, who said he previously took general studies courses at Columbia, wasn’t the only non-student arrested overnight.
Known anti-Israel protester Jesse Pape, 47, who has clashed with NYPD officers at other anti-Israel rallies, was also booked Tuesday night.
Plenty of non-students took part. One is a doctor.