Isra Hirsi departs 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, April 18, 2024 smiling and waving. Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was arrested during an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)
Hirsi was taken into custody by the New York Police Department and put into flex cuffs or zip ties and will face trespassing charges, according to sources.
She was among more than 100 people issued a summons for trespassing, the NYPD said.
Hirsi, an organizer with Columbia University’s Apartheid Divest group, was released hours later from NYPD headquarters. Fox News Digital photos showed Hirsi smiling and waving as she left 1 Police Plaza NYPD Headquarters in Lower Manhattan.
Earlier in the day, Hirsi said she was suspended from Barnard College, located near Columbia, for "standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide."
Isra Hirsi leaves 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Thursday. The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was arrested during an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)
On Wednesday, Omar questioned Columbia administrators during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill about anti-Israel activism on the Ivy League campus.
During the hearing, Omar sounded the alarm about what she called an "attack" with a "toxic chemical substance" at an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University. However, according to court documents, the substance was a non-toxic flatulence spray called "Liquid A--" and "Wet Farts."
Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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