The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/greenwood/)
In a court filing, the prosecutor disputed many arguments made by the attorney for John Greenwood ’20, who has been charged with a hate crime.
A conviction could lead to the student being deported from the U.S. and federal immigration authorities have already shown interest in his case.
The new attorney for the Cornell student charged with a hate crime said his client never touched the victim, that he took a lie detector test proving so and that he is on leave but plans to return to Cornell.
To the Editor:
In light of recent events, we as student-athletes at Cornell have an obligation to address the appalling behaviors that have occurred on our campus. Last Thursday night, a young black student was verbally and allegedly physically assaulted by a former member of the Cornell athletic community. As the voice of student-athletes at Cornell, we want to make it clear that this man’s actions do not represent the values and culture of Cornell Athletics. We are deeply troubled by this event, and this student’s conduct is unacceptable. Although we are all individual representatives of the athletic community, we want to make it clear that the biases and actions exhibited by this student do not accurately portray the beliefs of all student-athletes.
“In the fullness of time I am confident that the truth of what happened will be clear,” the 19-year-old Cornell sophomore said.