New York Mayor Eric Adams, who earlier this week created a commission to combat antisemitism, told Newsmax on Friday that “professional prosecutors” are investigating the arrests of anti-Israel protesters who took over a library at Columbia University earlier this month.

The New York Police Department reportedly arrested 80 protesters on May 7 who took over the Butler Library demanding the university divest itself from ties with Israel. Columbia reportedly placed at least 65 students on interim suspension last week, and barred another 33 from campus.

“There are various arrests that stem from the action that was taken, going on to the library grounds, destruction of property,” Adams told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “And so, the police department is going to process the arrests, and the district attorneys will make the determination of exactly what the charges will be.”

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