Follow-up: Ole Miss Students in Viral Doorbell Video Speak Out for the First Time; a Mother Says She Hates That the Student Withdrew
There is a new development in the doorbell-video case at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. On November 11, the three freshmen who captured the video, together with one of their mothers, spoke publicly for the first time in an interview on CBS Mornings with journalist Jericka Duncan, sharing how they feel about Alaina Kunes withdrawing from the university. One mother said she hates that Kunes withdrew, because it will affect the course of her life.
In the interview, the mother said: "I hate that she withdrew from the school. You see what I'm saying, because the course of her life, that's going to affect her too. That's somebody's child, so that bothers me because I don't like to see kids, you know, you just started. These babies, they're 18. I wish people will be mindful and just think." Her name was not given in the reports.
One of the students who lives in the apartment took a different view. When Duncan asked whether withdrawing was the right move, the student said: "Yes. For her peace and safety. I feel like it was a good option for her." Both remarks came in the CBS Mornings interview clip and were reported by both the New York Post and Tyla.
The incident took place on November 6 at about 8:37 p.m. Black students living in an off-campus apartment posted Ring doorbell footage online: several white women walked past their door, and two of them made monkey-like noises and gestures toward the camera. The clip then spread widely on social media. GSM has previously reported that Kunes has publicly apologized, that the university has confirmed she is no longer a student, and that the university's investigation is continuing.
Source: CBS Mornings
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：密西西比大学校园庭院资料图（Adam Jones 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons），已裁为16:9，非事发公寓。/ Courtyard on the University of Mississippi campus (file photo by Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons), cropped to 16:9; not the apartment in the video.
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