Remember that kerfuffle at Cornell over the Obamacare-lite $350 student health fee? Student activism against it has apparently provoked a criminal investigation.
The Cornell Daily Sun reports that the campus police deny the investigation is related to protests in the Office of the President or the board of trustees meeting in February and March:
However, the CUPD daily crime log for March 26 lists a pending case regarding an unauthorized use of computer at the Statler Hotel [where the board met]. The summary of the incident reads, “Investigator dispatched to take a report regarding unauthorized access to a computer.”
According to a recording obtained by The Sun, when [student protester Daniel] Marshall and a Judicial Codes Counselor voluntarily met with the CUPD investigator at noon on April 21, the investigator questioned Marshall about the preparations the activists had made in advance of the Statler Hall protest, on the night of the 25th. …
Upon confirming that Marshall would not answer any questions, the investigator said that if Marshall did not cooperate, the investigator would press criminal charges — specifically a Class D Felony for burglary and two misdemeanors for tampering with a computer and criminal trespass, according to the recording.
The investigator also claimed to have sent a grand jury subpoena to Facebook to get contact information for students running a protest page.
It’s pissed off faculty:
In response to the investigation, 95 faculty members have signed a letter written by Prof. Raymond Craib, history, expressing dismay over the fact that “the central administration and Cornell Police Department may be threatening and intimidating students on the campus.”
“A police officer threatening to drag a student from class in handcuffs? … Flat-footed and heavy-handed: That sums up the actions of the administration and its police force. Is the central administration that insecure?” the letter reads.
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