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Username: Scullars
Post Number: 40
Registered: 02-2004
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Monday, November 29, 2004 - 08:22 pm: | |
Actually according to the news source, the IRR couple was dancing and the football players came up to the woman and started making derogatory comments about her being with a white man. This couple are married and were having a night out before the husband's deployment to Iraq the next day. What was said b/t the couple and the players has not been reported. The football players have been charged with assault, and the investigators say they may charge them with intimidation, which is Oregon's equivalent to racial animus.
I can't report on whether the husband had any racial animosity. Witnesses say that the couple was dancing; the teammates were the ones who approached and started in on them. According to the reports also, it seems the guys weren't with their girlfriends. The follow-up report that indicates their girlfriends are white was a series of comments from fellow students who were interviewed about the accused.
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