Anti-Israel activists at Georgetown University made some news Friday morning when a group of about 15 masked people entered a building on campus as part of a protest.

...the approximately 15 student protesters were standing and chanting on the stairs to the second floor of Healy Hall. GUPD officers and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Erika Cohen Derr observed the protest. Check-in for Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program (GAAP) weekend, where prospective students visit campus, was occurring in the hall in front of the protesters.

According to a university spokesperson, “protesters blocked egress and did not respond to multiple directives from officials to stop disrupting university business. After numerous directives from university officials during which the protesters refused to identify themselves, the Georgetown University Police Department at the direction of university officials removed the disruptive protesters from Healy Hall.”

The removal was basically a group of officers walking the masked activists out of the building but of course this turned into a lot of screaming and attempts to de-arrest people.

Georgetown University Police Department physically removed several pro-Palestine student protesters from inside Healy Hall this morning. Georgetown University did not immediately respond to requests for comment. This story will be updated. (1/?) pic.twitter.com/dSWABAiLm9

— The Georgetown Voice (@GtownVoice) April 11, 2025

It's a bit hard to see what happened as that 2nd person was being led out. Here's what the organizers claimed on Instagram.

During the sit-in at Healy Hall earlier today, GUPD assaulted two Georgetown students, pushing one to the ground, all for standing up against state and campus repression. Administrators present included VP of Student Affairs Erika Cohen Derr, Director of the Center for Student Engagement Patrick Ledesma, and Associate VP of Student Affairs Eleanor Daugherty. They stood idly by while our students were being dragged out of Healy Hall and off campus.

Did the police push someone to the ground? A video shot closer to the incident shows a student/activist flopping on the ground as a police officer tries to pull her up so she can be walked out. There's no evidence anyone was pushed down.

Radical student activists at Georgetown University are claiming that GUPD "assaulted two Georgetown students, pushing one to the ground, all for standing up against state and campus repression."

I see an officer trying to pull a student up to their feet. pic.twitter.com/MbjmuKVaAh

— Stu (@thestustustudio) April 11, 2025

It looks to me like a de-arrest attempt that didn't work out. In any case, no one was arrested. The student were simply walked off campus where they continued shouting and carrying on.

Following their removal from Healy, approximately 20 protesters stood outside the front gates on the sidewalk chanting for two hours. Refrains included “GUPD we know you, you assault students too,” “Cops off our campus now,” and “Free, free Palestine.”

“GUPD officers just assaulted our students, put their hands on them without consent and dragged them off of our campus,” a student protester said over the megaphone outside the gates.

Approximately half a dozen GUPD officers continued to watch the protest from inside the front gates. Multiple Metropolitan Police Department vehicles arrived around 11 a.m. and an officer spoke to GUPD, however, they did not physically engage with protesters.

Students are standing outside the front gates chanting “GUPD we know you, you assault students too,” “Cops off our campus now,” and “Free, free Palestine.” Officers continue to watch the protest from inside the front gates. Metropolitan Police Department vehicles have arrived. pic.twitter.com/P3bnjr3cth

— The Georgetown Voice (@GtownVoice) April 11, 2025

This was a nothing-burger which activists tried to turn into an outrage. The protest was motivated by the recent arrest of another activists who faces deportation.

A Georgetown University researcher, who was studying and teaching on a student visa, has been detained by federal immigration authorities amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on student activists whom the government accuses of opposing American foreign policy, according to court papers.

Masked agents arrested Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow, outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, his lawyer said in a lawsuit fighting for his immediate release. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland Security and told him the government had revoked his visa, the lawsuit says...

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a determination on Saturday that Suri’s visa should be canceled for foreign policy reasons.

“Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown University actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media,” McLaughlin wrote on X. “Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas.”

But the connections to Hamas go way beyond family. Both Suri and his wife have numerous connections to Hamas and clearly appear to support the designated terror group, though just as with Mahmoud Khalil, you won't learn about those connections from the mainstream media.

The media claims @Georgetown's Badar Khan Suri is just an "academic" being targeted for his pro-Palestine views.

So how do they explain the mounting public evidence of him & his wife's DEEP ties to Hamas? pic.twitter.com/Eiog7xG2Fy

— CAMERAorg (@CAMERAorg) April 3, 2025