UConn Football Player Stabbed and Killed

Hartford Courant ^ | 18 Oct 09 | SCOTT POWERS, DESMOND CONNER AND REGINE LABOSSIERE

[big'ol_freeper]

Jasper Howard, a 5-foot-9, 174-pound starting cornerback on the UConn football team, died today after an on-campus stabbing.

According to multiple sources, Howard, 20, was reportedly was stabbed near the student union.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

Sometimes there are just no words.

[randog]

No description of the perp, even though the article suggests that there were plenty of witnesses.

[big'ol_freeper]

It will be interesting to see who the perp was considering that Storrs, CT is in the middle of nowhere. Not a big crime culture among the bovines.

[whattajoke]

Geeze. This sucks. This stuff just doesn’t happen up there in the middle of nowhere.

Most on campus crime (aside from underage drinking) is committed by non-students.

It’s weird, I really can’t think of much more to say on this... Just not the Storrs I remember from my days up there.

[Vaquero]

another gangsta’ thug event???

or what?????

[basil]

Too bad that students aren’t allowed to defend themselves............”gun free zones” are not safe.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Oh my gosh...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Ping

[BillyBonebrake]

My grandfather said never be the last person to leave a party. I think that has new meaning these days ...

[t1b8zs]

My 2 Cents.....
It wont be a local.....they carry guns.... it will be another brother PO’d about a female

[Roccus]

PING!!

[Biggirl]

OH MY GOODNESS! Just got back from church a short time ago to have to come to see this! UConn just won a big game yesterday agaisnt Louisville!

[texan75010]

I wonder if he was a Blood or a Crip?

[Biggirl]

I am a BIG UCONN, (CT), and this hits me REAL HARD.

[mysterio]

Prayers for Jasper Howard and family.

[QBFimi]

>> No description of the perp, even though the article suggests that there were plenty of witnesses.

Sadly, this is par for the course in this community. A modest proposal to increase involvement by the perp's neighbors:

The San Francisco Vigilance Movement has traditionally been portrayed as a positive response to government corruption and rampant crime ... In 1871, at least 18 Chinese-Americans were eventually killed by the mob rampaging through Old Chinatown, after a white businessman was inadvertently caught in the crossfire of a tong battle.

[Vaquero]

Sheriff Behan, Captain of the Fire Brigade and Chairman of the Nonpartisan Anti-Chinese League. ...meets Wyatt....

[GOP_Raider]

The FR College Football Ping ListFReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list

[Man50D]

I wonder if he was a Blood or a Crip?

There's no wondering if you're an idiot for making such a disrespectful.

[Man50D]

comment.

[texan75010]

Ur right, I never should have left out Latin Kings...but it was 12:30 am and a fight broke out between TWO groups....not three. My mistake for jumping to conclusions that it was between crips and bloods.....very disrespectful to the Latin Kings....

[Man50D]

Ur right, I never should have left out Latin Kings...but it was 12:30 am and a fight broke out between TWO groups....not three. My mistake for jumping to conclusions that it was between crips and bloods.....very disrespectful to the Latin Kings....

You didn't know the kid,speak ill of him after being murdered all the while hiding behind your keyboard and an anonymous screen name. Spoken like a true Ku Klux Klan idiot.

[Hyzenthlay]

“Most on campus crime (aside from underage drinking) is committed by non-students.”

Yes and no. On most college campuses, most on-campus *violent* crime is committed by non-students. However, the on-campus non-violent crime vastly outnumbers that - you’d be amazed at the amount of drug use and possession, indecent exposure/sexual harassment, DUI’s, petty larcenies, etc that happen on your typical college campus. For the most part, those crimes are ‘under the radar’ because they’re rarely reported, and when they are it’s probably not even going to make the campus paper’s crime blotter. And yes, most of those are committed by college students on most campuses (on spread-out ones like many colleges in NYC, or non-residential campuses, it’s likely that outsiders are responsible for a significant amount of crime).

[sean327]

Dude, your an idiot. From all accounts this was a good kid.
It’s comments like yours that give the DUmmuys and the Al Sharptons of the world a stiffy. Don’t even try and pull the old “He shouldn’t have been out at 12:30 am” crap. How many times at that age were you out at 12:30 am?
Go crawl back under your rock with Robert Byrd, I’m sure you two clowns can keep each other warm!

[whattajoke]

Yeah. 12:30 AM for a 20 year old is so crazy.

1. He was at a school sponsored dance in the student union in the middle of the most brightly lit area of the county. (pretty much).

2. I’m sure this was the one party on campus without alcohol present.

3. I’m sure this was the only party the athletics department condoned going to.

4. You’re an idiot. A guy DIED.

[whattajoke]

Yes and no. On most college campuses, most on-campus *violent* crime is committed by non-students. However, the on-campus non-violent crime vastly outnumbers that - you’d be amazed at the amount of drug use and possession, indecent exposure/sexual harassment, DUI’s, petty larcenies, etc that happen on your typical college campus. For the most part, those crimes are ‘under the radar’ because they’re rarely reported, and when they are it’s probably not even going to make the campus paper’s crime blotter. And yes, most of those are committed by college students on most campuses (on spread-out ones like many colleges in NYC, or non-residential campuses, it’s likely that outsiders are responsible for a significant amount of crime).

I agree with all that. I meant "violent crimes." Esp at Storrs; it's an incredibly insular community with NOTHING - no towns, no malls, no theaters, no NOTHING for 20 miles each way. (Which leads to a lot of drinking. someday they'll figure that out)

[CT-Freeper]

Jasper Howard always seemed like a fairly articulate and intelligent kid to me. It really is sad that this happened.

My little sister-in-law is a Sophomore at UConn and works for dining services in the cafeteria at the football training center. She told me last night that Howard was always very respectful and polite to everyone. The whole school community has been affected by this.

[Biggirl]

Prayers and condolences to the Howard Family,the UConn Football Team,and the UConn College Community.((((Gentle Hugs To Those Affected)))).

RIP Jasper Howard.

[Biggirl]

Thank-you for posting that picture GOP_Raider.

[Man50D]

Attending the next home game against Rutgers on 10/31 is going to be a rough one.

[Biggirl]

Yep and so will just getting to go to the tailgating on that day as well.

[Biggirl]

Morning GOP_Raider from Biggirl.

If you can do so, can you kindly please post a picture of the Rent or Rentcheler Field Stadium, please forgive my typing spelling since it is early morning, PLEASE if you can, post on your next college football games thread in the next few days a PICTURE of the Rent in memory of Jasper Howard. THANK-YOU!

A UConn Huskies Fan FOREVER!
RIP, JH! #6.

[GOP_Raider]

I’ll actually do something in Howard’s honor for the initial ping to this week’s live thread. Not sure what it will be yet, but I will definitely do that.