Things quietly went south at Hunter College earlier this month. At the time, Shellyne Rodriguez was a professor there and launched a profanity-laced tirade.
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What set her off was a group of pro-life students handing out literature which, at one point, Rodriguez called propaganda.
She proceeded to swiftly toss a batch of pamphlets off their table. The encounter was caught on camera.
Once the footage got out, the New York Post sent a team to Rodriguez's apartment to investigate the incident further.
When they showed up at her door, Rodriquez was having none of it. She stepped out and held a machete up against the reporter's neck, allegedly threatening to chop him up.
Once outside, dash cam video captured the reporter and photographer walking away, but it wasn't over.
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Rodriguez appeared, wearing a black hoodie and holding that same extremely large knife.
The 45-year-old old then chased the photographer around his car and up the block. At one point, she allegedly kicked the reporter in his shins.
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Hunter College immediately fired Rodriguez, who surrendered to police on Thursday morning. Rodriguez was also fired from SVA following the incident.
With a smirk on her face and supporters by her side, the artist and self-proclaimed activist left the 43rd Precinct in handcuffs.
Her next stop now is the courthouse.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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