The situation at Cornell University spiraled out of control when President Michael Kotlikoff was surrounded by a group of students who struck his vehicle and blocked his exit after a heated debate over Israel and Palestine.
While Kotlikoff denounced “intimidating harassment” and claimed he used only his car’s safety systems to get away, Students for a Democratic Cornell released footage asserting that the administrator ran over two students during the incident.
In the face of the brutal dispute between the authority and the protesters over who was the aggressor, the debate is sparked. Has respect been lost in the classroom, or is it a legitimate response to repression?