With references to Trayvon Martin, a group of people on the roof of the Sigma Pi fraternity house at Cornell University reportedly threw bottles and other objects at black students who were walking by the house early Sunday morning, according to several accounts.
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Sigma Pi President Zach Smith said in an email Sunday afternoon that the fraternity has “figured out who the perpetrator was, and will turn his name over to police.”
Cornell Chief of Police Kathy Zoner confirmed that people were “reportedly making racial references” and throwing bottles from the roof of Sigma Pi, adding that she could not disclose more information because of the ongoing the investigation.
According to Cornell Daily Sun:
Beverly Fonkwo said she was walking home with a friend when, unprovoked, the group on the fraternity roof began throwing objects that landed near a group walking behind them.
When the people walking behind Fonkwo asked them to stop, the people on top of the fraternity continued to throw objects — including a Jack Daniels that landed near the group behind and an unopened beer can that landed near Fonkwo and her friend — she said.
When they asked them to stop again, the group responded, “‘Come up here, Trayvon,’ and started making all these other racial comments,” Fonkwo said.
“I feel like it was targeted and racially motivated … we felt very threatened,” Fonkwo said of the incident Sunday. Meanwhile, the assailants “were just laughing at the whole situation until we called the police and then they ran inside,” she said.
Smith, the Sigma Pi president, said the fraternity is “sorry the incident happened on our premises.” He said that a large number of outsiders — including alumni and friends of brothers — were attending the event.
SOURCE: CDS
