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Palestinians beaten at Guilford College
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| Zild |
By SAMUEL SPIES, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 24, 12:26 AM ET
RALEIGH, N.C. - Three football players at Guilford College, a school with a Quaker background, face assault and ethnic intimidation charges after an attack on three Palestinian students, authorities said.
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The victims were beaten with fists, feet and brass knuckles early Saturday by attackers who called them "terrorists" and used racial slurs, the News & Record of Greensboro reported Tuesday.
School officials believe about 12 people were involved in the altercation, Nic Brown, spokesman for the college in Greensboro, told The Associated Press. Administrators were still trying to determine whether some were fighting or trying to break it up, Brown said.
"We've had a very, very unfortunate event, unfortunate conflict among students who actually knew each other, and who had lived and interacted in the same residence hall with no conflict among themselves," Brown said.
Authorities charged Michael Bates, 19, of Reidsville; Michael Robert Six, 20, of Greensboro; and Christopher Barnette, 21, of Semora, with ethnic intimidation and assault and battery, according to court documents. They were released Monday on $2,000 bail.
The college will allow the three to remain on campus while it conducts its own investigation, Brown said.
Barnette and Bates could not be reached Tuesday at phone listings for them. Six does not have a listed number. None of the players responded to e-mails sent to their campus accounts.
A school statement said the altercation, in a campus courtyard, lasted less than five minutes. The students involved were acquaintances without a history of conflict, and at least some of them were under the influence of alcohol, the school said.
Two of the students who were attacked, Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, are students at Guilford. The third, Omar Awartani, is a student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh who was visiting.
"It was the most horrific experience of my life," Awartani told the News & Record. "This was a horrible, unprovoked hate crime."
Awartani said he was found to have a concussion and had trouble walking on his own for several days after the attack.
Barnette, a wide receiver, was named one of the top 20 Division III players in the nation by the American Football Coaches Association last month.
Some wack ass BS if you ask me. |
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| LazFX |
Yeah it is BS, feel sorry for the guy, like the Mexican kid in Houston that had a PVC pipe shoved up his but by two white males...just for bieng a Mexican
Messed up world we live in, no matter if the victim was a Palastnian or from the land of Willy Wonka, this is still messed up. I am sure some on here will scream that the only reason was they were Palestinian. And also use this event to go on some Anti-American tirade.
This kid of happens all over the US. It happened to Blacks and Hispanics, so why should Arabs or middle easterns get by with out it happeneing to them? Why should we feel so shocked? Why should we be surprised? It was not too long ago that groups of people use to lynch blacks.
Yes its sad, but don't be shocked about it |
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| Zild |
| I posted this so that people will think next time they want to make a stupid racist comment about arabs. Not because I'm shocked. You couldn't be further from the truth. I know the kind of world I live in and I do expect these types of things to happen on a fairly regular basis. However idiots like this make us as Americans look bad, sp we should act in such a way so that changes are made. It is no wonder everyone is anti-american. You only have to look around at the simple facts to understand why. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
It happened to Blacks and Hispanics, so why should Arabs or middle easterns get by with out it happeneing to them? |
So let me get this straight. You derive some sense of satisfaction from knowing that someone else shares your misery now? Err... Ok, whatever floats your boat. |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
I posted this so that people will think next time they want to make a stupid racist comment about arabs. Not because I'm shocked. You couldn't be further from the truth. I know the kind of world I live in and I do expect these types of things to happen on a fairly regular basis. However idiots like this make us as Americans look bad, sp we should act in such a way so that changes are made. It is no wonder everyone is anti-american. You only have to look around at the simple facts to understand why. |
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I hear ya on that, But if you were to take this case and even the numerous others that happen in our country, it still would pale to the Racism that happens in other countries. The US has a problem with racism. There is no way though that racism will ever end. |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
So let me get this straight. You derive some sense of satisfaction from knowing that someone else shares your misery now? Err... Ok, whatever floats your boat. |
When I was a child, I expereinced hate crimes, read signs stating that "Dogs and Mexicans Use Back Entrance" Was walking home from school when I was 10 years old and was beat up by a few rednecks and blacks, and WHY?? Cause of my race. So yeah, Get Use to It! ITs Life. No matter of screaming, protests or forum posts will change people's minds. Its called Life. At least you live in a country that will take steps against these idiots that did this crime. You could live in Palastine and get raped, and then have to Marry them. :rolleyes: |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
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That's rather ironic... might want to pay a little more attention to what you post sometimes. |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
That's rather ironic... might want to pay a little more attention to what you post sometimes. |
how is it?? I agreed with what he siad, I agreed with him saying that it is expected. I do not agree with what happened. My stance is this is Sad, but its Life for any brown skinned person here in the states. You learn and live. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
When I was a child, I expereinced hate crimes, read signs stating that "Dogs and Mexicans Use Back Entrance" Was walking home from school when I was 10 years old and was beat up by a few rednecks and blacks, and WHY?? Cause of my race. So yeah, Get Use to It! ITs Life. No matter of screaming, protests or forum posts will change people's minds. Its called Life. At least you live in a country that will take steps against these idiots that did this crime. You could live in Palastine and get raped, and then have to Marry them. :rolleyes: |
Apprently it left some scars too... |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
how is it?? I agreed with what he siad, I agreed with him saying that it is expected. I do not agree with what happened. My stance is this is Sad, but its Life for any brown skinned person here in the states. You learn and live. |
I wasn't talking about this thread. |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Apprently it left some scars too... |
nah thats what the ganja is for. HA HA HA HA |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
nah thats what the ganja is for. HA HA HA HA |
It's also good for resolving issues like the one brought up in this thread :p. |
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