Palestinians beaten at Guilford College

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"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.

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."

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/16528951.htm

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1. Why post this here?

Unless you are implying that these Palestinians were beaten by Israelis, which the article says nothing about. Or perhaps they were beaten at the behest of "Zionist Infiltrators"? ;-)

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2. Because it's the Israel/Palestine forum...

Unless you are implying that these Palestinians were beaten by Israelis, which the article says nothing about.

Clearly Scurrilous wasn't implying anything of the sort. From the OP itself:


"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."


Articles about Israel that have nothing to do with the conflict are posted here or moved here from upstairs all the time (eg latest rants from the Iranian president). If I didn't know better I'd be wondering why you never pop up with similar questions in all those threads...

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6. No, some are posted here from the start...

I suggest if you have problems about this OP in particular, contact the mods...

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7. More Arrests Follow Assault on Palestinian Students at Guilford College

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"Two more football players at Guilford College have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in beating up three Palestinian students on the North Carolina campus last weekend, the News & Record, a local newspaper, reported today. As a police investigation into the assault continued, the Quaker college remained shocked by the ferocity of the alleged attackers, all members of the football team, and their reported uttering of racial and ethnic slurs in the incident.

It remains unclear what started the fight, in which the Palestinians were quickly overpowered, according to witnesses, and left with concussions, a broken nose, and a broken jaw. The college’s president has urged everyone to withhold judgment until the police complete their inquiry. Perhaps mindful of how wrong assumptions turned out to be just 50 miles away at Duke University, where men’s lacrosse players were accused last year of rape but now face lesser charges, some people are withholding judgment.

But on the campus and off, including on this blog, Guilford students and alumni have spoken of their shame over the incident and their disbelief that it could have happened on the Quaker campus. Some have even questioned whether a sport like football has a place at an institution that espouses the pacific values of the Society of Friends. Others have criticized a “rush to judgment” and assailed the equation of football, as a sport and as a team, with a thirst for violence."

http://chronicle.com/news/article/1574/more-arrests-follow-assault-on-palestinian-students-at-guilford-college