Overview
- The NYPD published 911 audio and body-worn camera video from its brief response to the Feb. 26 detention of Columbia senior Ellie Aghayeva at an off-campus apartment.
- Bodycam video shows four HSI agents already inside, with officers verifying IDs for two agents before departing after confirming they were federal officers.
- The 911 caller had reported two suspicious men trying to gain entry to the building, and Aghayeva does not appear in the released footage.
- Columbia says agents misrepresented themselves as police searching for a missing child, while DHS says officers identified themselves and wore visible badges.
- Elected officials are pressing Columbia to release its security footage; the university says it will do so only with a subpoena and has tightened access protocols.