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Cornell University president accused of backing into student in parking lot confrontation
Cornell University's president claimed he was the victim of "harassment and intimidation" following a parking lot confrontation with a group of people who said he tried to back his car into them.The incident unfolded on Thursday, April 30, after Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff introduced an Israel-Palestinian debate series that was hosted by the Cornell Political Union and co-sponsored by the Cornell Progressives, Cornellians for Israel, and Students for Justice in Palestine.Kotlikoff said the behavior he experienced while allegedly being followed to his car in an on-campus lot by six or seven people, some of them students, "is harassment and intimidation, with the direct motive of silencing speech.""It has no place in an academic community, no place in a democracy, and can have no place at Cornell," Kolikoff said in his statement released to the Ithaca, New York, university's community on Friday.Following the debate, videos posted online showed several people following Kolikoff to his car while questioning him about freedom of speech. The videos showed Kolikoff's black Cadillac backing up out of a parking space as students appeared to be standing behind his vehicle.Enhanced surveillance video released by Cornell University, May 3, 2026, shows a group of people standing behind university
Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with his car after campus Israel-Palestine event
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cornell University’s president says he was a victim of "harassment and intimidation" after being accused of striking individuals with his vehicle during a campus parking lot confrontation over students’ freedom of speech. The incident unfolded on April 30, after Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff introduced an Israel-Palestinian debate series hosted by the Cornell Political Union and co-sponsored by the Cornellians for Israel, Cornell Progressives and Students for Justice in Palestine, according to a statement released by Kotlikoff.While walking to his car, Kotlikoff said he was followed into the on-campus parking lot by a group of individuals – both students and non-students – who were "known to Cornell for their past conduct, including a long history of ongoing verbal and online abuse toward numerous members of Cornell’s administration and staff." The group included two individuals who had been banned from campus following a "disruptive protest," Kolitkoff said.CORNELL DROPS ISRAEL-HATING SINGER ‘KEHLANI’ FROM END OF SCHOOL YEAR CONCERT Surveillance footage from Cornell University shows President Michael Kotlikoff backing his vehicle into a group of individuals who had surrounded it in a campus parking lot on April 30. (Cornell University)"These individuals followed me from the event
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