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February 04, 2007
Crime Reporting
How do colleges and universities report crime? We have a small part of the answer due to the Guilford College case. GREENSBORO -- If students involved in the recent fight at Guilford College had not gone to the magistrate's office to file charges, chances are good that word of the event might never have left campus.Which is a good thing. It helps keep civil society civil. The occasional break in civility is usually not worth a civil war. In the recent incident, Palestinian students said they were beaten by football players who used racial slurs. The father of one player has said the Palestinian students started the fight.Which for the Palestinians would have been a better way to handle it. Their story is not holding up well. Now instead of it being a campus issue, it has become a world wide issue. Nice going Omar, Feris. Police Lt. Brian James said not all incidents necessarily need to be reported to police, but those involving serious injuries or serious allegations do.I think that points out one of the great difficulties in letting people bring charges before a magistrate. The chances of a complete investigation are slim. A trial then becomes a matter of trading accusations instead of evidence. I'll bet that is what the Palestinians were hoping for. Those Palestinian boys are real smart. Possibly too smart by half. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 02.04.07 at 10:08 AM |
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It will be interesting to compare and contrast this incident with the farce in California recently, where 8-9 black criminals got probation and house arrest for attacking 3 white girls while using racial slurs. I suspect the Pali students will receive a different level of justice.