This was an " alarming decision" , wrote Jameel Jaffer, from the university's free-speech centre, adding that " it was not evident to us how the encampment and protest posed such a danger" as to justify the escalation.

哥伦比亚大学言论自由中心的贾米尔·贾弗（Jameel Jaffer）写道，这是一个“令人震惊的决定”，并补充说，“我们不清楚营地和抗议活动如何构成如此危险”，无法证明强硬做法是合理的。