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“Rape and kill all the jew women before they birth more Jewish hitlers.”
Dai allegedly threatened to “shoot up 104 West,” a university dining hall that caters predominantly to kosher diets, and to “slit the throat” of any Jewish men he came across.
His parents, however, believe their son is innocent and fear he was on the brink of suicide just moments before his arrest.
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“My son is in severe depression. He cannot control his emotion well due to the depression. No, I don’t think he committed the crime,” his father, who asked that his name not be used, told The Post in a text message.
He sank into a deep depression in 2021 – just one year after he started his engineering studies at the prestigious school, his parents said – though they stressed he never had a history of violence.
“He was always very nice to society, well organized, helpful to my family and his classmates before 2021,” his father said. “He told us he lost his life goal and motivation … As parents, we tried to give him more love.”
Dai, who took two semesters off at the suggestion of a doctor, stopped communicating with his parents just days before his arrest.
“My wife called him or sent messages to him many times but got no answers. She was worrying that he may commit suicide and drove to his apartment to see what happened,” his father said.
By the time she arrived at the Ithaca building, Dai had already been nabbed.
Joel Malina, Cornell’s vice president for university relations, confirmed in a statement Tuesday that a Cornell student was in custody, but did not name Dai.
“We remain shocked by and condemn these horrific, antisemitic threats and believe they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We know that our campus community will continue to support one another in the days ahead,” Malina said, adding that the school will maintain its “heightened security presence on campus.”
Dai was interrogated hours before his arrest after state police identified a “person of interest” in the disturbing case, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed on X.
“When I met with Cornell students yesterday I promised them we would do everything possible to find the perpetrator,” she added.
“Public safety is my top priority and I’m committed to combatting hate and bias wherever it rears its ugly head.”
A rep for the New York State Police referred questions to campus cops.
Dai is charged with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications — which could land him in jail for up to five years as well as a $250,000 fine.
He is scheduled to appear in federal court on Wednesday.
Pro-Palestinian unrest has surged at the state’s college campuses in the wake of the surprise attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 — and the subsequent counteroffensive in the Gaza Strip by the Jewish nation.
More than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in the sneak attack earlier this month by the terrorists, with more than 200 others kidnapped, including some Americans.
On Tuesday, Hochul tapped Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, to review the “policies and procedures related to antisemitism and discrimination at City University of New York campuses amid the unrest.
“The problem didn’t begin with the weeks following the Oct. 7 attacks,” Hochul said in making the announcement.
“It’s been growing on a number of campuses and seen most acutely in the City University of New York.”
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“Rape and kill all the jew women before they birth more Jewish hitlers.”
Dai allegedly threatened to “shoot up 104 West,” a university dining hall that caters predominantly to kosher diets, and to “slit the throat” of any Jewish men he came across.
His parents, however, believe their son is innocent and fear he was on the brink of suicide just moments before his arrest. see also Who is Patrick Dai, Cornell student accused of threatening Jewish peers?
“My son is in severe depression. He cannot control his emotion well due to the depression. No, I don’t think he committed the crime,” his father, who asked that his name not be used, told The Post in a text message.
He sank into a deep depression in 2021 – just one year after he started his engineering studies at the prestigious school, his parents said – though they stressed he never had a history of violence.
“He was always very nice to society, well organized, helpful to my family and his classmates before 2021,” his father said. “He told us he lost his life goal and motivation … As parents, we tried to give him more love.”
Dai, who took two semesters off at the suggestion of a doctor, stopped communicating with his parents just days before his arrest.
“My wife called him or sent messages to him many times but got no answers. She was worrying that he may commit suicide and drove to his apartment to see what happened,” his father said.
By the time she arrived at the Ithaca building, Dai had already been nabbed.
Joel Malina, Cornell’s vice president for university relations, confirmed in a statement Tuesday that a Cornell student was in custody, but did not name Dai.
“We remain shocked by and condemn these horrific, antisemitic threats and believe they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We know that our campus community will continue to support one another in the days ahead,” Malina said, adding that the school will maintain its “heightened security presence on campus.”
Dai was interrogated hours before his arrest after state police identified a “person of interest” in the disturbing case, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed on X.
“When I met with Cornell students yesterday I promised them we would do everything possible to find the perpetrator,” she added.
“Public safety is my top priority and I’m committed to combatting hate and bias wherever it rears its ugly head.”
A rep for the New York State Police referred questions to campus cops.
Dai is charged with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications — which could land him in jail for up to five years as well as a $250,000 fine.
He is scheduled to appear in federal court on Wednesday.
Pro-Palestinian unrest has surged at the state’s college campuses in the wake of the surprise attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 — and the subsequent counteroffensive in the Gaza Strip by the Jewish nation.
More than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in the sneak attack earlier this month by the terrorists, with more than 200 others kidnapped, including some Americans.
On Tuesday, Hochul tapped Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, to review the “policies and procedures related to antisemitism and discrimination at City University of New York campuses amid the unrest.
“The problem didn’t begin with the weeks following the Oct. 7 attacks,” Hochul said in making the announcement.
“It’s been growing on a number of campuses and seen most acutely in the City University of New York.”