Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 7
President Kotlikoff faces criticism over statement on student car incident
Updated
Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 7
President Kotlikoff faces criticism over statement on student car incident
3 articles · Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 7
Cornell law professor James Grimmelmann said videos and university security footage contradict Kotlikoff's account of a Thursday parking lot encounter involving a student.
He argued the president falsely claimed protesters surrounded and banged on the car before it moved, and misleadingly suggested safety systems prevented contact.
Grimmelmann said comparable conduct by a student could trigger discipline, possible civil or criminal liability, and called on Cornell's president to correct the record or resign.
When video contradicts a university president's statement about striking a student, who holds the leader accountable?
A president struck a student with his car, but is it his alleged cover-up that could ultimately cost him his job?