Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff allegedly backs car into students
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Updated · Fox News · May 4
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff allegedly backs car into students
8 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 4
The April 30 confrontation happened in an Ithaca campus parking lot after an Israel-Palestinian debate, with students and non-students questioning him about free speech.
Kotlikoff said people surrounded his car, banged on windows and blocked him, while student activists alleged he hit one student and ran over Aiden Vallecillo's foot.
Cornell released surveillance footage and said two people involved had been banned after a disruptive protest, but it remained unclear by Monday whether campus police had been notified.
A university president drove into student protesters. Was it a desperate escape or an act of aggression?
After a president's car struck a student, will campus free speech be protected or chilled?
Video disputes the president's harassment claim. Why is the university still backing his account?