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Court Case Updates for 13 Protestors Arrested at Cornell’s Pathways to Peace, Ithaca, N.Y.
— On April 9, thirteen protestors attended their first court date regarding their arrests at Cornell University on March 10. The arrests in question were at a panel called "Pathways to Peace" a biased discussion ignoring the genocide in Palestine that included speakers such as US ambassador to the Middle East, Ryan Crocker, who oversaw numerous human rights abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Tzipi Livini, recognized war criminal and former foreign minister of Israel, responsible for 2008 Operation Cast Lead and the death of thousands of Palestinians. 
Seventeen individuals were detained at the event. Thirteen of them had court yesterday and faced charges of disorderly conduct, seven of whom are students,  three Ithaca residents, and three alumni. One arrested individual, 18-year-old Ithaca resident Daniel Creamer (He/him), was pulled out of the building in handcuffs.
Of the thirteen defendants, two alumni and one student had their charges completely dismissed. The rest of the defendants were offered an ACD agreement by the Ithaca District Attorney's Office.
An ACD, which stands for adjournment contemplating dismissal, will dismiss a case as long as the individual is not arrested again for a specified period and does not require pleading guilty. One alumnus and four students took ACD agreements, with two ACDs lasting 6 months, and the others lasting until the end of the semester on May 17. The other five defendants, including Daniel, plan to continue to another court date and rejected the offered deal. Of those who plan to continue, only two are students. All three unaffiliated individuals rejected the deal.
During court, the judge had to declare, "There will not be misgendering in my courtroom,” in reference to paperwork submitted by CUPD. For two of the defendants paperwork included incorrect pronouns and an incorrect name. This occurred despite one defendant with incorrect paperwork, Creamer, correcting CUPD officers about his pronouns during his arrest. According to Creamer, the CUPD officer responded to this correction with, "Don't care about your pronouns, I really don't."
"After the defendants' cases had finished, they gathered outside the courthouse for speeches.
They were joined by many supporters, including some who were not allowed inside the courtroom due to the courtroom reaching capacity limits.
Sujata Gibson (She/her), one of the defense lawyers, spoke first, explaining what had happened at Pathways to Peace, the context for the arrest, and what was happening with the cases. She also expressed concern about freedom of speech and the constitutionality of these arrests.
Two of the students being charged then spoke about the genocide in Palestine. They discussed how fighting against fascism and violence is incredibly important.
"For the last 18 months, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been murdered.
Today, Palestinians have been murdered, and we will fight constantly so that tomorrow, no more Palestinians will be bombed, murdered, and cut off from medical aid and food using the money from our tuition and tax dollars." -Arrested Person
"Cornell knows that its students dissent from every part of this genocide. . . Cornell knows, and yet they invited an Israeli politician accused of war crimes for an event that had the audacity to invoke the word 'Peace'.” - Arrested Person
The next speaker was Lou Taam (She/her), one of the alumni arrested.
"When a known Israeli war criminal spoke from the stage, students and youth pointed out that she was responsible for the killing of 500 Palestinian children during her term in office. What did President Kotlikoff do? He unleashed the many police in the room to arrest students who raised the issues." - Lou Taam
She was followed by her husband, Milton Taam (He/him), also a defendant and alumnus.
He spoke about Kotlikoff's "deal with the devil" and the parallels in history. "When the Nazi's invaded France, [they] caved in to the nazis. So is Kotlikoff going to cave like Vichy, France, or is he going to save France? I think he has to decide." - Milton Taam.
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