By the end of the night, Alexander McNab would find himself as the latest, forced star of another viral video about racial profiling.
By Katie Mettler Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow April 14 at 5:21 PM Alexander McNab was hungry.
On his quest for free food, McNab had an encounter with police, which included a disagreement about his student ID that led officers to forcefully pin him to a countertop. The incident, filmed by two witnesses, inspired a weekend of unrest at the Columbia and Barnard campuses, where administrators have released statements and held listening sessions and students have called attention to what some consider a chronic problem within the public safety department.
He walked through the official gate to Barnard’s campus, where he heard someone shout: “Hello, sir! Hello, sir!”McNab thought about the two other occasions he had been stopped by Barnard officers and asked to show his ID, encounters he believes were a result of racial profiling. They once demanded to see his ID as he was leaving a two hour dance practice.
That’s when Caroline Cutlip, a Barnard junior who had posted about the free food in the first place, started filming. In the video, McNab is seen waiting by the Barnard students. He murmurs an apology, and a student firmly responds: “No, don’t be sorry.” McNab said another student suggested the incident was worthy of a complaint to Barnard’s Title IX officer, and she logged onto a computer and sent one off.
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