argued the professor was"facing retaliation from the administration" due to the incident earlier this month.
Shellyne Rodriguez threatens a Post reporter by holding a large machete to his throat Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in the Bronx. Rodriguez, a Manhattan college professor, flipped out on a group of students who set up an information table opposing abortion inside Hunter College. The university told her to apologize, which she told ARTnews she did,"Yet before the process could be completed, on May 19, Students for Life circulated a manipulated video of the incident on social media and mobilized their members to attack me.""For the past two weeks, I have been inundated with vile and hateful emails, texts and voicemails nonstop," she told the outlet.
Shellyne Rodriguez leaves Bronx Criminal Court in the Bronx, New York, May 25, 2023. The former Hunter College professor was caught on video holding a machete to a New York Post reporter's neck.