Follow-Up: Ole Miss Chancellor Denounces Gorilla-Mask Campus Visit in New Statement on Doorbell Video
Chancellor Glenn F. Boyce of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, issued a new statement on November 12 about the doorbell-camera video incident. Without naming him, the statement denounced a man from outside the university who came to campus this week and wore a gorilla mask outside the apartment of Black students, calling his behavior racist and detestable. The university also confirmed that its investigation into the students in the original video is moving forward and that students will be held accountable through established processes.
The incident began on the evening of Friday, November 6, when three White women walked past an apartment where Black students live and two of them made monkey-like gestures and sounds at a Ring doorbell camera. Jakiyra Metcalf, a freshman who lives there, later posted the 13-second video to TikTok, and by November 13 the original video had been viewed more than 13 million times. As GSM reported earlier, one of the women, Alaina Kunes, has apologized and is no longer a student at the university, and the three affected freshmen described that night in an exclusive CBS Mornings interview.
According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, the man who came to campus was Jake Lang, who was pardoned for his part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Videos posted on social media show Lang wearing a gorilla mask outside the same apartment, and other clips show him inside a campus building claiming the White women had a First Amendment right to their actions and calling them patriots.
In his statement, Boyce wrote that the unaffiliated individual came to campus with the sole purpose to disrupt the university community with racist and detestable behavior. As a public institution, we are committed to supporting First Amendment rights. At the same time, we vehemently denounce this person's behavior, which does not align with our campus values, Boyce wrote. He added that the man's actions were an obvious attempt to antagonize and offend our students, and that he was proud of the way students demonstrated integrity and resolve in the face of bigotry.
Boyce said university leadership had met with the affected students and their families, that the investigation is continuing, and that the university believes in holding students accountable through established processes. He and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Shawnboda Mead noted that federal student privacy laws limit what the university can share publicly, and any disciplinary outcomes will not be disclosed. The investigation is being handled by the Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct and the Equal Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance office, according to the university.
Lang had not publicly responded to the chancellor's statement as of publication. GSM will continue to follow the university investigation.
Source: University of Mississippi
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Photo: 资料图：密西西比大学Lyceum大楼（HAL333摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons），已裁为16:9，非事发公寓。/ The Lyceum at the University of Mississippi (file photo by HAL333, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), cropped to 16:9; not the apartment in the video.
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