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Five Collared for Recent Assaults

Early this morning, local media reported that five youths were arrested for the seven assaults last Sunday. From the Daily News:

nypdInvestigators captured four of the suspects Wednesday after a 17-year-old picked up on Tuesday ratted out his pals, sources said.

The public also helped out by phoning in tips after police released video of the hoods walking around the Ivy League school's campus in Morningside Heights.

Columbia University surveillance cameras recorded a giggling group of seven youths punching and shoving seven adults during a 20-minute spree early Sunday. Two victims needed stitches.

Plus, WNBC names names.


Posted by Bah : #1 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 12:21 PM
At least one of them will be charged as an adult...hope they throw the book at him..maybe a chair too, or a brick.
Posted by Bwog : #2 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 1:38 PM (from campus)
might want to find a way to delete commenters' "names" too.

Oh well, here comes the shitstorm...
Posted by bunch : #3 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM (from campus)
bunch of simian thugs... i hope to god all of them are tried as adults
Posted by RZO : #4 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 1:46 PM (from campus)
Why do these people continue to hate us? We employ them (ie. JJ's, the dining hall, Lerner mail center, etc.), we educate them (ie. affirmative action), we make their streets safer (ie. gentrification). And they pay us back by robbing and assaulting us?
Posted by Mr. Helpmann : #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seems to have forgotten certain good old-fashioned virtues. They just can't stand seeing the other fellow win. If these people would just play the game, they'd get a lot more out of life.
Posted by hmmm : #6 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 1:58 PM (from campus)
Elaborate on who "these people" are...

Posted by question : #7 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM (from campus)
"The public also helped out by phoning in tips after police released video of the hoods walking around the Ivy League school's campus in Morningside Heights. "

"The Hoods"?? like hoodlums?
Posted by ummmm : #8 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I didn't realize how racist people at Columbia (or the US in general) are. I think any anthro professor would eviscerate you for saying "these people", but that's besides the point. In all likelihood, "these people" are probably not the ones working in jjs and taking advantage of affirmative action. In terms of gentrification as it applies to "them" probably means kicking them out of their apartments, so i doubt they're grateful for that. Finally, just because Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City government building does not mean that all white people have that in them, and by the same token I think it's extremely disrespectful to generalize all 12% (~36 million ppl) in the U.S. are "hoods."
Posted by what's this? : #9 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:08 PM (from campus)
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Posted by HEY : #10 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:10 PM (from campus)
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Posted by ummm : #11 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:10 PM
**12% of African Americans**
Posted by wtf : #12 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:10 PM (from campus)
type of commment was that??? We employ them, educated them, make their streets safer... who's we and define employ, educate and make streets safer? as far as I can see, the "We" needs compensation for providing services that shouldn't have to be special. In addition, how the hell are a group of teenagers supposed to stand for a whole? Good job "We". absolutely brilliant...
Posted by iwonder : #13 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:13 PM
How some people even get into this school
Posted by yeah : #14 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:19 PM (from campus)
i also wonder how a school filled with rich white kids raised in the lap of luxury can graduate from their prestigious prep schools can have racists attending
Posted by pretend : #15 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM (from campus)
that sentence made grammatical sense
Posted by iwonder : #16 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 3:23 PM
I really wish I knew who commenter #4 is. I'd like to douse his/her head in cold water.
Posted by ridiculous : #17 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
you guys are all ridiculous. People like poster #4 say stupid things like s/he did just to see people like you take them seriously and flip out all over the comment section. Its actually kind of amusing. If you want to see comments like that stop, simply dont react to them and people will stop posting them.
Posted by ... : #18 (in reply to #5) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 5:44 PM (from campus)
and this is my receipt, for your receipt.
Posted by Mr. Lime : #19 (in reply to #18) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 6:26 PM (from campus)
You can't have any more chairs! There's only one left, and I need that to sit on!
Posted by don't be silly : #20 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 6:47 PM (from campus)
think you're overreacting a little bit? #4 is an idiot who's bored and posting anonymously to voice his racist thoughts and get some people worked up in the process. best thing you can do is ignore him and save your pointers about racism for a coversation with middle schoolers.
Posted by Well : #21 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 7:25 PM (from campus)
one of "those" people will be the next president. RZO maybe you should start buying your tickets to Anctartica now!

and while you're there, please stop with substance-less generalizations.

Posted by Whew man : #22 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 7:40 PM (from campus)
It rewarmed my heart a little to see #4 and 5 get shut down. I was really nervous until I scrolled down, but Columbia, you aren't all bad.
Posted by i think : #23 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 9:36 PM (from campus)
the op wasnt referring to all black people as "those people", but the segment of that group that fits the antisocial/obese/violent/uneducated stereotype
Posted by wzsup : #24 · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 11:36 PM (from campus)
most people at columbia did not go to prep schools. if they did, we wouldn't have to deal with such racist weirdos. i wish chuck bass went to columbia.
Posted by ... : #25 (in reply to #19) · reply · track
October 16, 2008 at 11:52 PM (from campus)
ERIAMJH
Posted by someone : #26 · reply · track
October 17, 2008 at 4:39 AM
"who did it?"

"That One!"

/ducks
Posted by hell yea : #27 · reply · track
October 17, 2008 at 2:55 PM (from campus)
i love these guys. way to shove it in the face of some prissy, tight jeans wearing, black rim glassed, "tolerant" white kid from Jersey who thinks he's livin' the "urban" life. more of these kinds of crimes should happen to keep these effete little twats looking over their shoulder and stopping dressing like 14 year old girls. men should be men. maybe you wouldnt get socked in the face if you acted like a male once in a while instead of a preening little intellectual. free these guys.
Posted by RIDICULOUS : #28 · reply · track
October 17, 2008 at 3:15 PM (from campus)
Seriously, next time a racist incident happens. I'm going to post an entire dialogue WITH MYSELF.

Racist Me: Black people need to get their act together

Anti-Racist Me: I can't believe there are so many racists on this campus.

This stupid dialogue happens over and over again under the aliases of "wtf" or "haha." And I am SICK AND TIRED of it.
Posted by he/she must be : #29 (in reply to #27) · reply · track
October 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM (from campus)
one of the goons. maybe that creature in the white hat with the crazy hair.
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