BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)--Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was called before a Congressional panel to answer for her city's policies last week and now the U.S. Department of Justice says that it would like to have a word. Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Leo Terrell notified four Democrat mayors Thursday -- Michelle Wu of Boston, Eric Adams of New York, Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Brandon Johnson of Chicago -- that the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism wants to meet "soon" to discuss the mayors' "responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities over the last two years," the DOJ said. State commission holds meeting on Antisemitism The DOJ said that the task force "was aware of allegations that the schools in their respective cities may have failed to protect Jewish students from unlawful discrimination, in potential violation of federal law" and that Terrell plans for the task force to meet with city leaders, impacted students, local law enforcement, and community members as it "considers whether federal intervention is warranted." "Too many elected officials chose not to stand up to a rising tide of antisemitism in our cities and campuses following the horrific events of October 7, 2023," U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said. "Actions have consequences – inaction does, too." Wu's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. As part of a national wave of protests and subsequent student arrests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war, a number of encampments cropped up last year on Boston campuses, including at Northeastern University and Emerson College. Campus and State Police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at Northeastern following reports of antisemitic jeers, which led to nearly 100 arrests. And Wu said she made the decision with Police Commissioner Michael Cox to clear the encampment from a public alleyway at Emerson, a move that resulted in more than 100 arrests. "The Task Force looks forward to meeting with the mayors and other municipal leaders in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston to quickly and effectively identify ways that, working together or apart, we return safety, civility, and sanity to our nation's schools," Terrell said. "These meetings, in conjunction with our visits to university campuses around the country, are just two of the many actions President Trump and Attorney General Bondi are taking to end this scourge of anti-Semitism." ...read more read less