“No cameras, no need to protest.”
I suspect that’s not the logic. More likely, the logic is that Columbia doesn’t want the media to report what’s happening there. It’s bad PR for Columbia. And it’s embarrassing to the progressive cause, as well as to NYC’s image.
And piss off the billionaire benefactors i.e. Kraft.
IMHO NYC’s image and that of Columbia are already in the toilet; but, I see your point about Columbia not wanting to see any of this.