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April 26, 2005
Black Girl Charged With Hate Crime
Via Michelle Malkin, I saw this story about a recent incident at Trinity International University where three students received “racially motivated hate mail.” When the third letter, which was the first to threaten violence, was brought to the attention of the administration, they called in the police and the FBI and evacuated minority students off campus.
Well, today the university released a statement.
The Bannockburn Police Department investigation of hate mail at Trinity International University has reached a successful conclusion. On Monday, task force members were able to obtain a confession from a Trinity student. The student is a female African-American who became disgruntled and wanted to leave the school. The notes became her way to leave the school by implying it was not a safe campus.
See, also, this story
There never was a serious threat at Trinity International University, police Lt. Ron Price said Tuesday.He said the woman, who was arrested and was expected to be charged on Tuesday, was unhappy at the Christian school and wanted to convince her parents it was too dangerous for her to stay.
"It's kind of a sad story, actually," Price said. Her name was not immediately released.
That’s right, she scared the shit out of lots of students and forced the university and the police and the FBI to waste money and time on an investigation because she didn’t want to deal with telling her parents something unpleasant.
People like this who make false accusations - whether they are of rape, molestation, or hatred - make me so angry. Whether it is for revenge, attention, or manipulation, they waste everyone’s time and make it so real incidents will be less likely to be believed.
The hate crime ones are especially heinous because they give credence to the belief that Americans are “really” racist bigots below the surface, when I think that the majority of Americans really aren’t racist anymore.
That’s why I was very glad to read this in the university’s statement.
The student is being charged with disorderly conduct and a hate crime per the Lake County State Attorneys office.
I hope this is not a misprint or misunderstanding on the part of the school. I don’t agree with hate crime legislation, but if it’s going to be around, I’m glad it’s going to be applied in this case. Threatening people simply because they are a particular race is no less heinous if you’re a member of that race yourself than if you're white.
More here where La Shawn decries the unfair application of hate crime laws, and also here, here, and here
Update: This story has the name of the girl, Alicia Hardin, 19, of Chicago. It also says she is charged with a hate crime.
Also, see this story, where you can see an example of, erm, "interesting" english from Jesse Jackson.
''It would have been the height of irresponsibility to have taken three threatening letters not seriously."
Posted by illuminaria at April 26, 2005 12:55 PM
Comments
Question for ya - think maybe the school overreacted a little? Do you think that they'd evacuate all the white kids if they got a couple of hate letters? Jusk axing?
Posted by: Jack T at April 28, 2005 01:49 PM