Among the 114 anti-Israel agitators arrested at Columbia University last week was a wealthy young woman who avoided prison in a 2020 crash that killed a Vermont couple, outraged the victims’ families. did.
Protests have rocked campuses in recent days as anti-Israel supporters demand an end to Israeli military counterattacks after Hamas terrorists attacked the country in October.
The situation has become so bad that the campus rabbi is urging Jewish students to leave due to safety concerns.
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New York City Police Department officers patrol as pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as police cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
One of the protesters is Isabelle Jennifer Seward, now 20 years old. The New York Post revealedcited arrest records. She was 16 years old when she allegedly drove her car across the double yellow line and hit a couple, Chet and Connie Hawkins, ages 73 and 72. She made no effort to avoid the collision, according to the police report.
“She has no remorse, no punishment. She’s just using her Ivy League privileges to fly around Columbia,” Eve Taylor, 49, the couple’s niece, told The Sunday Post. told the paper. She said, “After she basically got away with murder, she’s now promoting murder without any understanding of what she’s promoting.”
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Taylor said Seward’s father, Bill Seward, a UPS executive, argued that his father’s wealth protected him from criminal charges. The Swords could not be reached for comment.
“She should be in jail,” Taylor told the paper.
New York City Police Department officers patrol as pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as police cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
of Rutland HeraldA Vermont newspaper reported in January 2021 that Seward provided conflicting information to police, may have been texting before the crash, and that another driver videotaped the crash. Seward received only a $220 fine as punishment for the fatal crash, even though he may have been involved in the fatal collision.
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Taylor is asking the Vermont State Police to reopen the investigation into the deaths of her uncle and aunt.
A State Police spokesperson directed questions about the 2020 incident to the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate on the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as officers cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
State Attorney Sarah George’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Mr. George, described by local media as a progressive Democrat, is currently an unaffiliated nominee. Change.org petition He called for her resignation, citing her “personal ideology.”
Seward was 16 at the time of the accident, and juvenile matters are typically confidential in the state. However, as the case progressed, several details were revealed to the public.
Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate on the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as officers cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
Seward’s name was initially redacted in public records related to the fatal crash, but state police revealed it in a press release, exposing a dispute between law enforcement and the progressive prosecutor’s office, the Herald reported. It was reported that.
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“I can’t believe it – why on earth didn’t VSP contact their extraordinary general counsel before releasing their names!??!” George wrote in an email to a staff member, obtained by the paper.
Also arrested during the protests in Colombia was Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
