There were outside agitators on the Columbia campus when at the time, Assistant Commissioner Daughtry and Chief Shell was there There were individuals who were part of taking over the Hamilton hall that did not attend the school. Some of them were professionals. Folks, when you have 5,000 people on the street, all you need is 20 to be an outside agitator. You don't need 4,999. You have a small number of people that are professionals. We saw it during the Black Lives Matter situation when I met with former Mayor Bill de Blasio. (13:44–13:54)
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