Quaker Athletes charged in attack, ethnic slurs

[Breeze54]

Athletes charged in attack, ethnic slurs

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-guilford24jan24,1,492453.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Three football players are accused of beating Palestinian students outside a dorm at their small Quaker college.

By David Zucchino, Times Staff Writer
January 24, 2007

Durham, N.C. — Durham, N.C. --

Three football players at Guilford College, a small Quaker school with a legacy of nonviolence
and religious tolerance, have been charged with assaulting three Palestinian students who said
they also were subjected to ethnic slurs.

Police in Greensboro said the students told them a group of men outside a Guilford dormitory
beat them with feet, fists and brass knuckles. The Palestinians declined medical treatment
immediately after the incident early Saturday morning but sought treatment Sunday,
when they contacted police.

The three players, alleged to be in the group, were charged Monday with assault and battery
and ethnic intimidation. Each was released on $2,000 bond.

In a statement, the university called the alleged attack "an unnecessary and unfortunate incident."
The statement said the altercation lasted about five minutes and involved about a dozen students,
some of whom tried to break it up.

Some of the students at the scene had been drinking alcohol, the statement said.

Police identified the Palestinians as Faris Khadar and Osama Sabbah, both Guilford students,
and Omar Awartani, a North Carolina State University student who was visiting friends.
Police did not disclose the extent of their injuries. School officials said they had urged
the three to seek treatment.



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Will they be prosecuted or just slapped on the wrist?

After all, one may be headed to the NFL!!! :sarcasm:
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[Ian David]

1. They must have been watching "24." Not very GOOD Quakers, are those three?

[LiberalEsto]

3. Nixon was a Quaker

of sorts.

But that doesn't mean mainstream Quakers aren't working hard to fight poverty and seek peace and justice around the world.

[Breeze54]

5. Cripes! Sounds premeditated. Brass Knuckles??

:wtf:

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Not necessarily.

Brass knuckles are more common than many think. However, at most universities, including the ones where I worked, they are illegal! They are considered weapons, and in some places, can get the person kicked off campus as quickly as if s/he had a gun or knife in her/his possession. So, in the very least, the one that had the brass knuckles is probably going "bye-bye."

[mmonk]

16. The football players and recruits aren't necessarily Quakers

even though the school is.

[Radical Activist]

23. Maybe drunken football players are jerks at any school.

[carolinayellowdog]

2. Ninety percent of Guilford students are non-Quakers n/t

[Breeze54]

4. And?

[geardaddy]

9. Where does it say in the original artilce that the athletes are Quakers?

That's like saying

"Catholic Athletes charged in attack" just because they went to Notre Dame.

[Breeze54]

10. Sorry if you don't understand

that the title space is limited.

They go to that school, so tough.

[geardaddy]

11. So do the Palestinians

snip
"Police identified the Palestinians as Faris Khadar and Osama Sabbah, both Guilford students"

I guess that makes the Palestinians Quakers then too.

[Breeze54]

18. Apparently they are!

He added: "We were beaten because of who we were, because of what they thought about us."

Awartani said the three had previously attended a Quaker school in Ramallah, in the West Bank.

[Breeze54]

12. Where does it say they aren't?

In any case, they're idiots!

[geardaddy]

13. I agree that they're idiots n/t

[Ian David]

17. Very good point. n/t

[geardaddy]

6. That's what I thought.

I mean, just because these guys obviously got football scholarships to a Quaker school doesn't make 'em Quakers.

[Bucky]

7. People on the players' side say it was two-way provocation

I don't think we should draw conclusions about what happened until the full story is in. What we have so far is the international students' side of the story. It may be a straight up hate crime, but then it might turn out to be something else. I suggest we hold off firing until the right target comes into view.

[The Stranger]

15. I'm sure someone already considered "the enemy" in the U.S. would provoke the football team.

Please.

[kestrel91316]

14. The school may be run by Quakers, but I guarantee you the

guys who did this are NOT.

[The Stranger]

19. If they don't charge this as a hate crime, we need to post the DA's email address.

Where did this happen again?

[Breeze54]

20. North Carolina

Durham, N.C

[gratuitous]

21. Not many Division III players go to the NFL

And if Guilford is true to its heritage, I have confidence that this will be handled in a fair and even-handed manner that will satisfy both perpetrators and victims. I am humbled by the Quakers' ability to do that.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

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