Overview
- After Thursday’s debate at Goldwin Smith Hall, students followed Michael Kotlikoff to the Day Hall parking lot and stood behind his car as it began to back out.
- Ko tlikoff said the conduct was harassment and intimidation and that he waited for space and used his car’s rear pedestrian alert and automatic braking to leave slowly.
- Students with Students for a Democratic Cornell say he backed into a protester and ran over Aiden Vallecillo’s foot, and they report Cornell EMS treated a student at the scene.
- The university on Sunday released enhanced surveillance video that shows people behind the vehicle, a brief stop consistent with contact, and the crowd still moving around after he drove off.
- Cornell police have taken statements, but outlets report no charges or formal probe announced, and coverage splits as some right-leaning sites label the crowd a mob while others stress the students’ injury claims amid broader campus strain over protest rules.