Cornell Mob Comes For Law Professor Who Criticized Black Lives Matter Movement

Students and alumni are organizing a campaign to get a Cornell law professor fired or denounced because he was critical of the Black Lives Matter movement. He in no way suggested black lives do not matter, but he did explain the origins of the movement were based on a hoax and criticized the movement’s tactics.

Professor William Jacobson, who has taught law for three decades, now has been targeted by the Cornell mob, angry over two articles he wrote at his popular blog Legal Insurrection. On June 3, Jacobson wrote a blog titled, “The Bloodletting and Wilding Is Part of An Agenda To Tear Down The Country,” about the violence and criminal activity that has broken out across the country following the police-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. On June 4, Jacobson wrote a blog titled, “Reminder: ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ is a fabricated narrative from the Michael Brown case.”