FLEMING | The Prosecution of Momodou Taal in the Words of His Faculty Support — Part 3: The Second Complaint

The underlying formal complaint, however, remains in place and has not been investigated. On Aug. 2 Taal received an email from OSCCS offering to discuss a possible alternate resolution. Taal asserted his right under the CGSU-UE’s Memorandum of Agreement with Cornell to have the Union bargain on his behalf, and has begun to compile a list of witnesses. To date the process has not advanced beyond this point.

FATTAL | Reading the Fine Print of the Kotlikoff Email

To some extent, the conversation, however tedious, is the point: the fact that we’re discussing the process or severity, rather than the policy itself — or god forbid the genocidal horrors Taal and others were protesting — takes up air and emboldens Kotlikoff.