A violent, outside agitator arrested at the anti-Israel Columbia University protest is reportedly the privileged heir of a multi-million dollar ad empire, according to New York Police.
The New York Post reported that James Carlson, aka Cody Carlson, aka Cody Tarlow is a "longtime anarchist" with no known ties to Columbia University who was arrested when police raided the encampment at Hamilton Hall on Tuesday. Carlson is being investigated as a "possible leader" of the group of agitators that broke into the building and occupied it unlawfully, NYPD and City Hall sources told the Post.
The report identified Carlson, 40, as one of three children of prominent advertising executives Richard "Dick" Tarlow and his wife, Sandy Carlson Tarlow. Dick Tarlow died in 2022 at age 81 with an estate worth at least $20 million, according to court records.
James Carlson is heir to that fortune and owns a 2,893-square-foot, three-story brownstone with four wood-burning fireplaces and a carriage house purchased in Park Slope in 2019 for $2.3 million, property records and online listings show.
Carlson has a lengthy arrest record dating back to 2005, with charges including burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, conspiracy and criminal trespassing, the Post reported.
