Thursday, November 21, 2013

Hate crimes charges after students fasten bike lock around black roommate’s neck and call him ‘Three-fifths’ | The Raw Story

Hate crimes charges after students fasten bike lock around black roommate’s neck and call him ‘Three-fifths’ | The Raw Story: Three students at San Jose State University have been charged with misdemeanor hate crimes and battery after being accused of tormenting a black roommate.

University police announced on Wednesday that arrest warrants were being issued for 18-year-old freshmen students Colin Warren, Joseph Bomgardner and Logan Beaschler. According to police, the three students hazed a fellow student while they were all living in an eight-person suite between Aug. 20 and Oct. 13.

The San Jose Mercury News reported that the victim’s parents first suspected that something was wrong with the living situation in mid-October when they noticed a Confederate flag covering a cardboard cutout of Elvis in the dorm room. They also reported to campus police that they had seen the N-word scrawled on a dry-erase board.