Two College Students Under Investigation Over Trump Celebration Victory Lap

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[cloudmountain]

Rebelling is one thing. Burning business is way too...LA riots.
I VIVIDLY recall those white-bandana-wearing Koreans on the roof of their business...firing their assault weapons to save Koreatown.

Boy, did they learn the American way fast:

Buy a rifle.
Learn to shoot it.
Buy oodles of ammo over the months.
USE said rifle when necessary.

Good for them.

[CincyRichieRich]

Sue if they are cheated on their grades.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Agreed. I see a YUGE lawsuit coming in the very near future and suspect these two young men are going to be very wealthy when the gavel hits the desk.

[Rome2000]

the two fraternity brothers placed a large Trump flag in the back of a pickup truck and drove through the streets of nearby Wellesley College

LOL

I like the cut of their jib.

[cloudmountain]

fluffing yourself??

Lol. Never heard it put that way before. Lol.

[TigerClaws]

1st Amendment?

You don’t know college campuses these days!

Hate speech is non speech.

If they offended some POC (person of color) or LGTBQ member, defined by the offended person’s POV, then they are guilty of hate speech.

Hate Speech isn’t allowed on college campuses and can result in them being expelled.

[RightGeek]

Wellesley’s Harambee House, which reportedly serves as campus center for minority students

Really? Harambe?

[Chgogal]

Universities without an equal ratio of liberal vs. conservative profs should not receive federal funding. It is socially unjust to be so unbalanced. ;

[TigerClaws]

Expulsions have been demanded of the two.

Related story:

http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/11/students-demand-expulsions-for-classmates-celebrating-trump-victory/

[Rome2000]

Excellent idea.

Force all 18 year old to do 3 months in some third world hell hole doing charitable work if they want a Pell Grant.

That will knock some sense into them.

[cloudmountain]

the two fraternity brothers placed a large Trump flag in the back of a pickup truck and drove through the streets of nearby Wellesley College
LOL I like the cut of their jib.

DITTO.

[TigerClaws]

One of the students already publicly apologized: One of two Babson College students who drove through Wellesley College shouting and displaying a Donald Trump flag appears to have publicly apologized for the incident. A nearly 400-word message posted early Friday on a Facebook page apparently belonging to Edward Tomasso said the student used “extremely poor judgment” and offered regrets to “LGBTQ, African American, Muslim, immigrants, sexual assault victims, and [any] other community or individuals impacted by my actions.” Tomasso said he took responsibility for his behavior, which reflected badly on Babson and his family, as well as himself, but he insisted that the public perception of him is not accurate. “I’m not a racist. I’m not a bigot. I’m not homophobic,” he said. Get Fast Forward in your inbox: Tomasso said, “[e]nough with the death threats,” and asked that those offended by his behavior talk to him directly. He included a phone number and e-mail address in the message but did not respond to the Globe’s inquiries at either. The other man, whom the Globe is not naming because he has not come forward and has not been charged with a crime or identified by officials, also could not be reached. Across the country since Tuesday’s election, there have been many reports of intimidation of women, African-Americans, immigrants, Muslims, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Many of the acts appear to be inspired by statements Trump has made demeaning women, bragging of sexual assaults, vilifying Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals, and threatening to ban Muslims from entering the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, reported Friday that it had collected information on 201 incidents of intimidation and harassment related to Trump’s victory. One report filed with the law center alleged that on Wednesday a black female freshman at an unnamed Boston-area college heard a white female student say of the election, “This is their punishment for eight years of black people.” That same day, the Babson students drove a pickup through the campus of the women’s college, Hillary Clinton’s alma mater, while waving a Trump flag, uttering words and engaging in actions that many people found “racially offensive and gender demeaning,” a Babson official said Thursday. Officials at the colleges, both in Wellesley, did not give details of what the men said or did. Babson president Kerry Healey, a former lieutenant governor, said on Thursday that 40 “bias incident reports” related to the matter indicated that the men “antagonized” students, and investigators will determine if any laws or standards were violated. Healey apologized to the Wellesley College community on Friday, saying that the students’ behavior was “at a minimum, insensitive, unacceptable, and contrary to our core values.” Wellesley campus police Chief Lisa Barbin said in an e-mail to the college community that her department is working with town police and Babson officials in the investigation. ‘I’m not a racist. I’m not a bigot. I’m not homophobic.’ Apology attributed to Edward Tomasso Quote Icon In his statement, Tomasso denied claims made in social media posts that the men had spit toward Wellesley students and shouted racist profanities. He said he had yelled, “Trump 2016,” and, “Make America great again” but had not used profane language or spit at anyone. The men drove by Wellesley’s Harambee House, which serves as the college’s focal point for African-American students, according to a letter to Babson students from the college’s vice president of student affairs. Tomasso said in his statement that he did not intentionally drive past Harambee House and was unaware of the building’s significance. The posting had attracted more than 800 comments by Saturday afternoon, some accepting the apology, but others questioning Tomasso’s sincerity, vilifying him, or making threats. “Obviously, someone dictated this letter to you,” one person commented. “Your act was unforgivable and I really hope you get suspended from school for a while. There have to [be] consequences.” Wellesley students on the Honor Code Council called on Babson administrators to expel the men. Healey, in her letter Friday, said federal law prohibits the college from “discussing specific disciplinary actions,” but the national leadership of Sigma Phi Epsilon said both had been kicked out of the fraternity. Tomasso said he had not intended to cause fear and does not support discrimination. “As a white male, I do not feel threatened by the new president,” he said. “I have not had to work for that privilege. It was something I was born with. However, I’m willing to listen to how I can use this privilege to help those impacted by it and promote unity, equality, and prevent the marginalization of those afflicted.” Jeremy C. Fox can be reached at jeremy.fox@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeremycfox. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/12/babson-student-apologizes-for-wellesley-incident/DfB9lp4Ec30BO6KIqXz35I/story.html THEY GOT DEATH THREATS OVER THIS! Which law enforcement agency is investigating the death threats? Which member of the school can be expelled for threatening the brothers?

[cloudmountain]

Excellent idea.
Force all 18 year old to do 3 months in some third world hell hole doing charitable work if they want a Pell Grant.
That will knock some sense into them.

THANK YOU.

[SES1066]

Words fail at this heavy hand of LEFTIST, PC Academia levied against an exercise in free-speech. To pile on by adding a thought-crime component of racism for driving by a ‘diversity’ center is, in the absence of prior behavior, an excellent example of reverse racism! However, this is a college in the Progressive LEFT area of Metro Boston, Massachusetts, these students were foolish to poke that tiger!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Liberalism is a severe mental disorder.

[Savage Rider]

” ... the students apparently drove past Wellesley’s Harambee House, which reportedly serves as campus center for minority students.” That is seriously the name of their house? And the students were racially offensive?

[Liz]

I'd sure like to see the job description of Lawrence P. Ward, VP of student affairs at Babson: b/c the students apparently drove past Wellesley’s Harambee House, a campus center for minority students, college officials "concluded" this as racially motivated.

Ward said the incident was under investigation because the “students’ behavior was experienced by many students of color and perceived by many others . . . as racially offensive and gender demeaning.”

Prolly gets paid 500,000 a year to notice these things.

ROTFLOL.

[Excellence]

If the streets were public, they had a right to drive on them. The rest is freedom of speech. The colleges need to be sued.

[FreeAtlanta]

Excellent idea!

The left has used federal funding to mold universities into their view of the world. We need to fight fire with fire.

Personally, I think there should be zero federal funding for any university other than for defense research.

Cut it all out. Do it now!

[FreeAtlanta]

“Universities without an equal ratio of liberal vs. conservative profs”

another excellent point. If they can foist Title IV down universities throats, then we can put out a Title FAIR that forces them to be balanced.

Personally, I want all federal funding ended for universities. Enough with government doing social manipulation. Besides, we are 21 trillion dollars broke.