Two janitors at Columbia University alleged that they were forced to unlawfully clean countless swastikas spray-painted across the Ivy League campus as the school was immersed in anti-Israel protests.
Lester Wilson, who is black, and Mario Torres, who is Latino, said they lost track of how many swastikas they had to clean up, and claimed that they endured injuries during some of the protests, according to a Monday report from the New York Post.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is now probing Columbia over the allegations, the outlet said.
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Wilson and Torres submitted their claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, asserting that they endured retaliatory harassment for “reporting antisemitic and racist conduct.”
Former Attorney General Bill Barr, whose firm is representing the
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