ithaca police department
Protest Arrests Prompt Petition Demanding Deputy Police Chief Resign
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Recent arrests during increasingly contentious protests have led to calls for the Ithaca Police Department deputy chief to resign.
anti-racism
Cornell Continues Conversations in Latest Anti-Racist Efforts
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In the latest in a long line of emails about anti-racism at Cornell, President Martha E. Pollack gave updates about the University’s progress.
Columns
GUEST ROOM | Hollywood, Brutality and Black Lives Matter
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This petition seeks to address the exclusion of Black people in key scenes behind the media which reinforces systematic racism among police and the nation as a whole. The United States has had a rash of police killings of Black people. Part of the reason police kill Black people is because they stereotype all Black people as thugs. This is how the media represents us. Not just news media, but within film and television as well.
Opinion
GUEST ROOM | The Good Apple That Spoiled the Bad Bunch
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Many across the country are considering what it means to “Defund the Police.”
David Collum
Collum Steps Down From Top Chemistry Department Position Amid Intense Backlash Over Tweets Defending Alleged Police Brutality
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David Collum ’77 — a chemistry professor who faced backlash for tweeting in support of police officers that pushed and severely injured an elderly man — stepped down from his position as director of undergraduate studies for the chemistry department on Saturday.
Opinion
EDITORIAL | Fire Prof. David Collum ’77, Chemistry
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President Martha E. Pollack, fire Collum.
Buffalo
As Students Protest Police Brutality, Chemistry Professor Fans Flames By Defending Cops in Incident Gov. Cuomo Called ‘Disgraceful’
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After defending police officers that pushed and severely injured an elderly man, Prof. David Collum ’77, chemistry faced swift backlash from students and administrators.
Featured in Category
Hundreds March from Ho Plaza to Ithaca Police Headquarters, Decrying Police Brutality
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In front of the Ithaca Police Department, after a peaceful march filled with chants from the heart of Cornell’s campus to the Commons, a light rain began. The crowd of over a thousand knelt on the pavement in front of the police department for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the time it took for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to suffocate George Floyd to death.
commons arrest
After Six Months of Confusion, Ithaca Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rose de Groat
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“If not for the regrettable actions of the police, she likely would not have intervened,” the judge wrote.
Opinion
GUEST ROOM | The Social Construction of Police Lies
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As a recent retiree from college teaching with some time now to devote to social action in my community of Ithaca, I have closely followed the cases of young African American defendants Cadji Ferguson and Rose DeGroat since the disturbing incident on the Commons on April 6. The facts of the case were actually undisputed at Mr. Ferguson’s trial on Aug. 30 when he was acquitted of all charges. At trial, Judge Scott Miller found that Cadji Ferguson’s single punch of a drunk white man, Joseph Ming, was a reasonable response to a private conflict, following Ming’s menacing and increasingly escalating, aggressive behavior towards Cadji and his small group of friends on the Commons that evening. Although the prosecutor worked hard to support the claim backed by the Ithaca Police Department that officer Gregory Herz responded appropriately, with his stated focus on intervening in a dangerous public disturbance, the prosecutor’s case was stymied by the facts.