Why won’t Columbia University release the noose security video?; Update: Associated Press got it wrong?; Update: NYDailyNews says Columbia “stonewalled;” Update:And now…anti-Semitic graffiti
Update 7:40pm Eastern. And now…anti-Semitic graffiti found in a Columbia bathroom stall:
Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on a bathroom stall in Lewisohn Hall earlier today, University officials reported. The incident occurred only two days after a noose was found hanging on the door of an African American professor at Teachers College and just over two weeks after Islamophobic graffiti was found in a bathroom stall in the International Affairs Building.
Dare I question the timing?
Must be all those evil racist Minutemen infiltrating campus, right?
Bathroom stalls and racist graffiti. Rings a dubious bell.
Update 6:55pm Eastern. Wow. This story gets ever more interesting. NYDN now reports:
After stonewalling cops for more than 24 hours, Columbia University has agreed to hand over security tapes that could help ID the person who left a hangman’s noose on a black professor’s office door.
The Ivy League school initially told cops they needed a subpoena to get a look at security tapes from Teachers College and the names of students in Professor Madonna Constantine’s classes.
Cops then spent hours putting together the legal paperwork and getting a judge to sign off on the court order around midnight last night, they said.
They were about to serve the subpoena on Columbia when the university flip-flopped – after getting media inquiries – and agreed to hand over 56 hours of tape.
“It’s unfortunate because it adds a time-consuming step to the investigation,” Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said of Columbia’s refusal to assist the investigation voluntarily.
Columbia spokeswoman Diane Dobry refused to answer questions about the delay, issuing a statement that said only: “We are giving the tapes to the police.”
Yup, looks like CYA.
Update: Weird things are afoot. This report says Columbia is giving the tapes over and that the Associated Press was wrong.
AP getting things wrong wouldn’t be surprising.
But CYA from Columbia wouldn’t be surprising, either.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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I’ve been watching the noose-hanging story unfold at Columbia University with great interest. This does not surprise me:
Columbia University has refused to turn over security videotape that could help identify who hung a noose on a black professor’s office door, police said Thursday.
Investigators began asking on Wednesday for tapes from cameras in the building, but have been rebuffed by administrators, said Paul Browne, the New York Police Department’s top spokesman.
He said police will have to get a court order to force the school to provide video they believe could crack the case.
“It’s unfortunate because it adds a time-consuming step to the investigation,” Browne said.
A Columbia spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.
Authorities were testing the 4-foot-long twine noose for DNA evidence, but had no suspects as of Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, the professor who was the target of the attack, Madonna Constantine, told hundreds of faculty and students at a rally on the Ivy League campus that the incident was a “blatant act of racism” that “reeks of cowardice and fear.”
“I’m upset that our community has been exposed to such an unbelievably vile incident,” she said.
Police believe the noose was placed on the doorknob of Constantine’s office at Teachers College—Columbia’s graduate school of education—Tuesday morning, when a colleague spotted it and notified authorities.
Police declined to discuss possible motives or suspects.
Will we see a similar outcome as the GWU fake hate crime?
Why else would Columbia refuse to cooperate with law enforcement officers trying to get to the bottom of the case?
Help me out here. Maybe I’m missing something.
Stay tuned.
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Just to bring you up to speed if you haven’t followed the case:
A black Columbia University professor targeted by a hangman’s noose delivered a defiant message during a protest rally Wednesday: “I will not be silent.” A day after the racist symbol was left dangling on her office door, Madonna Constantine was greeted by raucous cheers of support at Teachers College. “Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear,” said Constantine, who teaches psychology and education and has written on racism. “I want the perpetrator to know I will not be silent.”
…Cops were conducting DNA tests on the noose, a 4-foot length of hand-tied twine. They also planned to question some of Constantine’s colleagues, including Prof. Suniya Luthar. Police sources said Constantine and Luthar crossed swords over a plum assignment at the university, but stressed that Luthar was not a suspect. In May, Constantine filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking damages of $100,000 from Luthar for defamation.
…Constantine was not at work Tuesday morning when the noose was spotted by Prof. Marie Miville, who called it a “vile act.” Miville ran to get Constantine’s research partner, Derald Wing Sue, who felt his blood boil when he saw what was hanging from his colleague’s door. “I was angry and outraged. I knew immediately what it was all about in terms of racial hatred,” he said. He called security and then phoned Constantine, so she wouldn’t be caught off-guard when she arrived. “All I could hear was this long pause, silence at the end of the phone,” he said.
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Utterly ridiculous. It sickens me to see things like this happen.
I think the noose was placed there by either the professor herself, or a co-hort. I don’t think this is racial at all. I think someone just wants to stir up trouble.
Either way something happened that people dont’ want the world to see, and will make SOMEONE look bad who shouldn’t look bad. If that makes sense.
This reeks of having something to hide. Isn’t this obstruction of justice or interfering with a police investigation?
Smells real fishy even all the way out here in Idaho. You think the Administration would instantly provide the surveillance footage to apprehend the perpetrator of this deed.
It’s only obstruction of justice if you’re not a leftie wingnut. Obviously the left has nothing to hide, they just want to respect the privacy of the perp.
Wasn’t there an incident at a CA university not too long ago where one of the professors vandalised her own car and then tried to make it a racist issue? I am not sure on the details just seem to recall the incident.
Yes, click through all of my background links. The case you’re referring to is Kerri Dunn at Claremont McKenna:
Here.
Could the perp be another African-American? Oops! Sorry for being racist.
I saw this story and wondered about it from the very beginning.
It’ll turn out that the professor did it herself and the University will handle it internally.
Some University administrators may be getting a little nervous, huh? Some things make you go hmmmm.
Al Sharpton showing up and leading a rally in 3..2..1..
Clearly Columbia needs to protect this racist who “reeks of cowardice and fear.” Who else could follow A-Jad on the CU speaking tour?
The Administration must have looked at the tape by now, so this really smells.
Now don’t go trying to get the facts Michelle, leave it to “reporters” and “journalists” – besides, you don’t weigh enough.
No, this’ll turn into a “teaching moment”, where the teacher explains she did this to address the on-going issues of racism and biogtry in the nation, that her actions were justified as a means to this end, and that she should not – in any way – be held culpable for what is clearly designed as a stunt.
There is NO reason the school would not want the tapes released if there was a real perpetrator. NONE WHATSOEVER.
Their avoiding the issue and hindering the investigation makes me wonder.
If this is such a horrific case of racism, wouldn’t they want to do everything in their power to find the perpetrator?
Yes.
Except that I’m guessing the perpetrator is, as someone said above, the professor herself or a hired lackey co-hort.
Shades of Tawana Brawley methinks….
I don’t think that anyone should judge until Jessie Jackson and group evaluate the situation along with the NAACP and the black caucus. The people in the north are known to be far more racist than us in the South. Is a march scheduled for this weekend? If not, why?
Virtually every incident like this on campuses across America are manufactured by the left. It’s so obvious it’s an inside job it’s pathetic. Everything is acceptable to the left as a means to an end.
Weren’t all you people up in arms about Pace University cooperating with law enforcement regarding a Koran flushing incident?
I recall many comments arguing that this is an internal affair and the university overreacted in getting the police involved.
Now you are up in arms because Columbia is trying to handle this (rather similar) incident internally?
Help me out here. Maybe I am missing something.
Nothing to see here. Move along, now.
Yes, fishy. Until Columbia cooperates, I say nothing happenned at all.
Suppose Columbia is trying to get over ArmagedonJihad’s invite with a little home-grown race-baiting?
I predict that when the cops show up with a warrant, the video will not be able to be produced or it will have suffered a “technical glitch” of some sort.
Something similar happened here in Jacksonville with the firefighters. Nothing ever came of it because investigators couldn’t get a straight answer from the “victims,” and the accused were all cleared…
Quite fishy indeed.
All I have to say is this: If it turns out to be a self-inflicted hoax attempting to stir up racial trouble, then we as a nation need to declare racial integration complete and racial injustices over.
On October 11th, 2007 at 3:36 pm, chapoutier said:
“Weren’t all you people up in arms about Pace University cooperating with law enforcement regarding a Koran flushing incident?”
What exactly do you mean by “…all you people…” Are you addressing me as a white male? Are you saying all we conservatives look alike and you can’t tell one from another?
Yup. I’m curious if they even turned the rope over to the authorities.
Chapoutier # 19, fyi…
Pace University officials first classified the Quran-toilet incident as vandalism but later referred the case to the NYPD’s hate crimes unit after complaints by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
I think you are missing something…..
What? How could you not include the “Reverend” Al to lead a diversity training class to heal the wounds?
Flushing a Koran demonstrates a profound dislike for the tenants and principles of the religion. Hanging a noose on someone’s door explicitly conveys a desire to kill that person.
The first instance is intolerant. The second is intent to murder.
I shouldn’t have to explain that.
Let’s assume for a moment, that the hypothesis presented here by some is correct; that she hung the noose on her own door, or that some other person wanted it to appear a racist act. . .and the video shows this to be the case.
If that’s the truth of it, it will allow Constantine to make her report of racism near the front page, while later reports stating what actually happened will be old news, and relegated to the back pages. This is exactly the same sort of thing seen with the GWU ‘hate’ posters. Get the story out the way you want it, and then it no longer really matters if your version is refuted later on.
For this to be true, whoever at Columbia U is in charge of the tapes would have to be eager to promote the message Constantine is spreading. That should be remembered if this turns out to be another hoax.
chapoutier. Flushing a book down a toilet is not a crime, even if some of our leaders would like you to think so. Hanging a noose on someone’s door is a death threat.
That’s a Grand Canyon sized difference.
They are both meant to intimidate the target audience, period. Whomever did this, and for whatever reason, I think its a huge jump to infer “intent to murder.”
In all likelihood, as with the Pace case, it was some stupid student who got a bad grade from the professor in question or had done something else to anger the perp. People may think that the police should get involved or that it should be handled internally. All I am saying is to be consistent when the victim of intimidation is black rather than Muslim.
Waiting to get a court order will only give the good professor more rope with which to hang herself. Undoubtedly she’ll spend the time the dastardly racist which may likely turn out to be herself.
The approved solution is to scrupulously document everything she says and vigorously agree with her that whoever did this meant to stir up racial hatred and must be prosecuted, even fired if they work for the university. Let us set in motion the boulders of irony to crash down on hypocrisy.
When the perpetrator is caught, all he/she needs to do is ensure that they have their “impeach Bush” T-shirt on. Then they can claim it as a free speech issue. At least that is what Nancy Pelosi says.
maybe this is CU’s way of hoping the world will forget that it has shared a bed w/a terrorist. I don’t know which is worse, that the hate crime is legit or that it’s a hoax…both are sick. Regardless, I still wish I went to CU for the single reason that I could demand every penny of tuition spent back.
Hah. Yes. All I see is blond hair and blue eyes.
But I’m not a bigot. I have a conservative friend at work. I call him “bible-beater” and we just laugh and laugh.
Not to open this can of worms again, but when you steal it and flush it, then yes it is a crime. Theft and vandalism.
I bet you anything she did it herself. It shows how little racism there is in America (except by liberals) that they have to manufacture racist acts in order to foment division. It reminds me of the burned Koran incident at Virginia Tech: http://michellemalkin.com/2005/07/05/another-desecrated-koran/
Ok…ok, one wanted to intimidate by destroying a book, the other wanted to intimidate by wishing the person was hanging from a noose.
Last time I looked, the only purpose for a noose is to KILL or EXECUTE someone. I’ll bet a criminal lawyer would love to make that jump.
I can’t believe you’re honestly trying to argue some sort of equivalence between these incidents.
It makes me feel like I’m talking to someone from another dimension.
Has Al Sharpton shown up yet?
What is happening with our Universities lately……Shouldn’t they all be at a kegger.
If they are covering up potentional evidence, you have to wonder what their motive is.
The first thing that came to my mind was that this is a set-up, but then they would just turn the cameras off.
Maybe, as gabe suggests, the instructor was caught hanging it there herself. Liberals are stupid enough to do things like this on camera.
Gonna have to wait and see if Michelle can dig up any new information.
On October 11th, 2007 at 4:15 pm, chapoutier said:
“Hah. Yes. All I see is blond hair and blue eyes.
But I’m not a bigot. I have a conservative friend at work. I call him “bible-beater” and we just laugh and laugh.”
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Sure, some of your best friends are conservatives right?
And if you’re seeing blond hair and blue eyes, you aren’t seeing me. Brown hair and brown eyes, first generation American of Italian descent.
And I’m not a member of any religion.
Stereotype much?
When did A-dad leave again?……
lol
potentional = pontenial
dang it I give up
make that potential
Okay…mojoe, that post was a joke. An, I thought, obvious parody of those wonderful people that say “I’m not racist, I have black friends, but…” and then go on to say incredibly racist things. Just as I thought your “you people” comment was an obvious parody.
But back on point, where is there any and I mean ANY proof that this professor herself or the administration did this? That is a pretty serious accusation to be making so flippantly.
The school does not want to release the tapes, um okay….but rather than go for the simple answer of Columbia trying to protect one of its own students/faculty/staff from criminal investigation (however misguided that desire may be), some here (not you people btw) are inventing paranoid fantasies.
Sorry, they are all too busy drinking the kool-aid.
Some people have commented that FERPA bars Columbia from disclosing the videotape without a court order. While I am a lawyer, I don’t do educational law, so I’m taking a real stab in the dark here… However, I don’t think FERPA bars disclosure of this video.
1. It looks like 20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)(J)(ii) and 20 U.S.C. 1232(g)(b)(2)permits disclosure of records in response to a subpoena; and
2. 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(B)(ii) excludes “records maintained by a law enforcement unit of the educational agency,” which might include video surveillance equipment in the building.
If Columbia is resisting a subpoena, that’s ridiculous–and unfortunate. But again, I don’t do educational law, so take my half-grained opinions with a healthy grain of salt.
$50 says the tape will end up in Sandy Burglar’s socks.
Sounds like somebody wasn’t up to date on the placement of security cams, don’t it? Highly embarrassing footage requiring protection? Tsk tsk…
So as not to give chapoutier a coronary, i’ll refrain from making any obvious assumptions…although, I do smell a stinky rat!!!!
Don’t forget this little gem from several weeks ago.
Anoka Police investigating hate crime
http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=266037
Anoka Man In Jail After Faking Hate Crime
http://www.topix.com/county/hennepin-mn/2007/09/anoka-man-in-jail-after-faking-hate-crime
Don’t be ridiculous, it will be found in William Jefferson’s freezer.
More info on that story, AlturaCt, from (amazingly) the Minneapolis StarTribune:
‘Victim’ of cross burning in Anoka now faces charges
No, Chief – that should be “Move On.”
Chapoutier- I raised the question in the “Koran-Toilet Storage” case at Pace.
Why did Pace call in outside law enforcement? Why was the student’s behavior labeled a criminal matter subject to state investigation?
I wasn’t in an uproar over it. Maybe others were, but I wasn’t.
Once the University calls in outside law enforcement the University admin and all of its students become subject to the investigation by outside authorities.
I am surprised the University has not conducted its own preliminary investigation FIRST to assess the scope of wrongdoing and to make a systematic determination of involvements.
Seems like that is what less sensationalist administrators do.
This smells like a set up. Too neat. Too accessible. More nooses. KInd of a copy cat flava too it.
Professor is being publically outspoken and “brave” about it.
Stinky.
Uhhh…the weekend is for par-tays! March during the week so you can miss work…if you gots a job.
That’s like rule #1 in the oppressed handbook.
I bet it was that Ahmadinejad guy.
Um…
Columbia trying to protect one of its own, what you call a simple answer, is the “paranoid fantasy” we’re inventing.
And several people here have asked for a plausable alternate theory. Do you by any chance have one?
Also, just FYI, it wasn’t Pace cooperating with authorities that we found objectionable. It was treating a clear case of petty larceny as a hate crime in order to appease the likes of CAIR. As so often happens, a liberal in search of a “gotcha!” moment is comparing apples and oranges.
Let’s not forget Kerri Dunn:
Kerri Dunn was a visiting psychology professor at Claremont McKenna College, who was convicted of perpetrating a hoax, in which she defaced her own car, by slashing its tires, breaking its windows, and spray painting several phrases containing ethnic slurs and a partial swastika, on the doors and hood of the car. She was also found guilty of filing a false police report and accused by the prosecutor of filing a false insurance claim on her car.
Additional Link.
The story fits the template for MSM hype, but this bit of news doesn’t pass their smell test.
I believe silence will fall on this incident and we will not hear any more.
– chapoutier
A reasonable hypothesis does not an accusation make. Recent incidents have led many here, myself included, to regard such happenings as this with a skeptics eye. It’s much the same as wagering on the outcome of a football game, except the only thing we win is the ability to say “told ya so”. . . .which is scant compensation when we see stuff like this happening repeatedly across our nation.
To James Felix:
It was not petty larceny. The guy stole the Koran and put it in a toilet as a clear message of hate toward a particular group. The student admitted as such. Hmmm…sounds somewhat analogous.
To Yashmak: Recent incidents? Oh you mean the few instances of sad, silly people that fake such things that MM has culled from the probably hundreds, if not thousands, of REAL instances of hate crimes and intimidation being committed?
Do we jump to the conclusion that any woman that accuses a man of rape is lying because of the regretable few that lie? Of course not. We demand proof, mind you, but we do not automatically assume she is lying. Or at least I don’t.
There has been not one shred of evidence presented here that this incident was fabricated. A reasonable hypothesis requires fact. What is being presented here is wild speculation. I suspect the only reason people are jumping on it is because it happened at Columbia, which has attracted this group’s ire recently.
I came into political awareness in 1987, around the time Alfred Sharpton was peddling his Tawana Brawley hoax.
It’s a shame that: during this age of phony Duke rape cases, GWU, and all of the fake-campus-racism charges that Michelle has documented over the years… rational people are forced to be skeptical about this recent Columbia incident before all of the evidence is in. Columbia’s initial refusal to release video tape and their non-compliance with NYPD detectives throws even more fuel on the fires of skepticism.
“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and “Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice” initially come to mind, but I am sure Michelle will get to the truth of this story, as she always does.
Hey Michelle, onward my friend. Just make sure you can solve this one without having to visit the Columbia crime scene, lest the libs accuse you of “stalking” again.
Let’s see if this suits you better chapoutier, and draws you back to an actual response to my last comment.
Wild speculation does not an accusation make. However, there does exist circumstantial evidence that there’s something shady going on here. . .the University’s refusal to provide the security tape. Why wouldn’t they?
Maybe someone can provide a good reason. If not, I’ll continue to believe that my hypothesis is reasonable, and not ‘wild speculation’.
Sure, there are real hate crimes, and there are things we call “hate crimes” which I don’t think really qualify. But that’s beside the point. The only honest to god accusation that’s been made so far, has been the one that a hate crime HAS been committed. Should we not question that statement? If a suspect is found, should we then assume his/her guilt?
All this could be settled by those security tapes in an instant.
chapoutier said:
Probably? Probably? OK, chapoutier, I’ll play your game. How about…ohhh…”the few instances of sad, silly people that fake such things that MM has culled from the” PROBABLY hundreds, if not thousands of fake instances that she hasn’t culled yet? Can you prove my assertion wrong?
Your“probably”argument “probably” isn’t strong enough to dissuade Yashmak of his healthy and justified skepticism regarding this subject. It doesn’t dissuade me.
Grow up! Some coward hung some rope on a door.That is all.Big deal.I say wait until the cops”view”that tape.
Channon Christian,and Christofer Newsome suffered alot worse,from racial hate crime.Where are the MSM on that story?
LGF has linked an article that Columbia has reversed their position and will hand over the tapes.
Good news. Now maybe we can get to the bottom of this.
For the record, I will gladly eat humble pie if it turns out that this really was a crime committed out of hate rather than some fabrication.
Time to “page the justice brothers” as Michelle once put it.
This ordeal must be giving Sharpton/Jackson a headache. Having to choose between a very liberal school and racism against African-Americans? Oh my. It’s like their worst nightmare come true.
The results of tolerance and diversity education at Columbia have been laid bare because of this and the Iranian President speech.
Personally, I am disgusted with this university. They only think and do what is in their top brass’s best interests, much less what is good for New York, African Americans, or the USA.
I am sure Yashmak that the professor in question will appreciate that, if/when this is found to be not a hoax, you and some others on here that were so quick to smear/accuse her will “eat humble pie.”
Look, I have no idea why Columbia would initially resist handing the tape over. Some has speculated that maybe they felt a subpoena was necessary under FERPA. Maybe they were trying to take care of it internally in the wake of all the negative publicity they have received recently. But it is a HUGE leap of “logic” to infer the professor is creating a hoax because of the university’s actions.
I guess I just have a higher standard when it comes to “reasonable hypothesis.”
And Brian, my “probably” was to distinguish hundreds from thousands. I figured there would be hundreds of such cases. but you were right. I was totally wrong about that. In 2005 “2,037 law enforcement agencies reported the occurrence of 7,163 hate crime incidents” according to the FBI. My bad.
Why all the outcry over this? Isn’t the noose-hanger (whoever it was
) just engaging in the “dialogue” that CU was pimping when inviting Imadinnerjacket???????
If this hasn’t been speculated on before, I’ll do it now.
I bet the prof himself put the noose there. Or a black student.
If it was a white student, they would have handed the tape over pronto.
It could be a hoax, as others have said. It seems farfetched unless you see and understand the near mental illness of many left wing profs.
I know; I work at a left wing campus.
All that I know is that by the rules of the University-Governmental Complex, unless there is a white boy involved, there is no crime. There could be a million other things, from teaching moment to mental illness, but there is no crime. Something has gone wrong. We will just have to wait and see what it is.
I really, really want my little boy to go into to the military instead of college. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard. That is something to be proud of, not a diploma from an institute of higher indoctrination. College kids are lazy and for the most part whiny and worthless. VETS ROCK!
Sadly, I think you are correct.
Does anyone find it odd that they want to run DNA testing on the rope? About the only thing they could extrapolate from a DNA sample is if the perp was white or black, or male or female. Unless they have a database of their student’s DNA, this sounds like smoke and mirrors to me. JMO
anti-Semitic grafitti? I told you it was Ahmadinejad.
Actually, though, it’s someone trying to muddy the trail.
You know, Michelle, you ought to put your hair up again from time to time. It’s a good look for you.
WTF? it absolutely amazes me that people think that pulling crap like this will fly in this day and age. if you put yourself forward in the spotlight, it’s gonna show that stain on your shirt. IMHO, this is yet another “projection” from the left where the ends justify the means. phooey. sorry, just so tired of the BS on the left that is slowly squeezing the life out of this beautiful country of ours. sorry for the rant. EJ
Let me get this straight:
-You lead a country and say publicly, weekly, that you’re going to destroy Israel and you get an invite to speak at Columbia.
-You write anti-Semitic graffiti in a toilet stall at Columbia and it’s a hate crime?
mojoe – exactly!!!!
The second I saw the NOOSE story at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, I so knew that Columbia would make absolutely certain the “perpetrator” would NEVER be caught!
Gee, how did I know! Go figure!
On October 11th, 2007 at 7:59 pm, Rick
Especially if it was proven to be a student associated with ANY conservative or semi-conservative group on campus or in the area.
They would have turned over the tape and the bloodied student, both. And feigned sorrow over their inability to protect the hate crime perpetrator.
On October 11th, 2007 at 4:09 pm, chapoutier said:
Flushing a Koran demonstrates a profound dislike for the tenants and principles of the religion. Hanging a noose on someone’s door explicitly conveys a desire to kill that person. The first instance is intolerant. The second is intent to murder.
They are both meant to intimidate the target audience, period. Whomever did this, and for whatever reason, I think its a huge jump to infer “intent to murder.”
In all likelihood, as with the Pace case, it was some stupid student who got a bad grade from the professor in question or had done something else to anger the perp. People may think that the police should get involved or that it should be handled internally. All I am saying is to be consistent when the victim of intimidation is black rather than Muslim.
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Now, the koran flushing turned out to have been ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHED to have been perpetrated by a muslim trying to get the guards in trouble – it was a lie.
Seems the noose is obviously the same thing.
Especially after it turns out the “nooses” in Jean weren’t nooses at all, but lassoes tied for roping livestock – which is merely a territorial marker. Similar only to “soaking” a tree in one’s “territory”.
Seems that in both cases, the real perpetrators are trying to make INNOCENT PARTIES the targets of VIOLENCE “RETRIBUTION”.
NOTHING NEW to those dealing with Liberals.
Now why would a fine, upstanding open-monded institution like Columbia not turn over tapes that would nail the perp? Surely nobody at CU would hang a noose to frame a non-existent racist, would they? GWU leftwacks maybe, but not Columbia. Never Columbia. Really.
It’s the story of the boy who cried wolf. When I first read of the noose incident, my first reaction was that it was planted there by a moonbat to wag the dog from the controversy of having the Iranian leader speak there, to gain a warp sense of sympathy for Columbia while at the same time get people angry at the “racists” who didn’t want him to speak there.
This anti-semitic sprawl may be an unrelated coincidence or could be part of the same message of truth to power. Especially since it did happen at Columbia, I really can’t think of it as “real”. It is the moonbats’ own fault.
Hate is hate; crime is crime. There is no hate crime. What next, thought crime?
The odd thing is there is something worse- real going on down in Dallas. The FBI warned the Dallas PD., that police officer’s personal information was being gathered up by a white supremist group to compile a database…to steal their weapons, there are threats of violence on them because one of their leaders is in Jail. Dallas PD., is diverse, shouldn’t someone be worrying about a real threat, from real violent people? I am sure there are African Americans, along with other American ethnicities, in the Dallas Police Department. Wouldn’t the FBI be called to look into the Columbia incident? They warned the Dallas PD.
This is beginning to sound like someone pranking.I’m thinking that Columbia sat on the tape so that the lawyers cuold see it before the police,to cover the admin’s. butts in case of possible litigation.I’m not a lawyer so it’s just a thought.Could Columbia face some liability for allowing this heinous crime to occur?
Michelle, I’m quite surprised that you are finally starting to cover this noose incident. This is a huge story.
I would also prefer that you cover the story about two nooses found in the Coast Guard ranks.
Or you can also start paying attention to other nooses popping up around the country.
But we all know racism is dead. Those “race hustlers” must be at it again.
Right Ms. Malkin?
Other noose incidents…
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/nooses-on-the-loose-after-jena-6-case/
BTW, comment about race hustlers is dripping in sarcasm.
This is not a prank. What is it is just like in the novel 1984. You have a bunch of Marxists and perhaps Islamists trying to whip the Columbia University students and faculty into a frenzy of hatred against “racist” Western culture. . .even if they have to invent, just like in 1984, the reason for the hatred. There is no doubt in my mind that the professor or a sympathetic colleague placed the noose around the door handle. Sick people are attracted to Marxism and socialism, and Teachers College at Columbia is completely socialist in education philosophy.
Like others said, it is a great way to distract from THEIR anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel as demonstrated by their invitation of Ahmadinejad.
Hey Rick, do you think the Coast Guard planted those nooses? Of course not, that’d be pretty stupid. What’s your thoughts on that incident?
DarkKnight,
Do you really think that a student of Teachers College, one of the most liberal education schools in the nation, would place a noose on the handle of black professor’s office? AND Columbia would refuse to hand over the security tape?
What does this have to do with the Coast Guard?
Liberals seem to joyfully revel in anger and indignation, so I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if they didn’t hang the noose themselves. Also, judging from their hatred of Israel and Jews, it would make sense if Marxist or Muslim students in sincerity posted the anti-Semitic graffiti and then to be the victims placed “Islamophobic” graffiti as well.
PC isn’t much better than Moslem outrage. At least Moslems are genuine in their fanaticism, while PC is merely feigned über-solicitousness in response to feigned hypersensitivity.
Like some phony black professor was really skeered a noose on his doorknob meant some Ku Kluck Klanners were going to lynch him or something. Any normal person not looking to promote an issue would simply laugh off such pranks.
When kids write graffiti on walls and doors, this is juvenile vandalism–not something that should get even local press attention.
I have heard that black Africans find it absolutely hilarious how Americans are intimidated by blacks and kowtow to them. Is that true? I don’t know. When I read that somewhere it struck me as likely.
chapoutier,
My “badder.” I didn’t realize your point.
Agreed, 7,163 according to the FBI is a lot more concrete than “probably” hundreds to thousands.