A melee involving 150 people including students, staff members and bystanders broke out at Bethune-Cookman University after students say a "Dean" punched a student.
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Violence erupts at BCU after students say Dean "sucker" punched student
September 29, 2009
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Reply by Cookman Rebel 46 minutes ago
ReplyDeleteThe mother of a freshman student posted this on the Orlando Sentinel's blog for the article. She could not have described the incident any better.
I am a mother of a student--a freshman who attends BCU.
1. The sprinklers were accidentally set off by a student who hung a short on a hanger from one sprinkler head.
2. The students on the first floor approached the RA regarding reimbursement, and he responded flippantly stating they were getting nothing and to get out of his face. He even accused one boy of smoking, and causing the fire.
3. As friends were taking their friend away, the RA sucker punched the kid; and he fell into convulsions--a full-blown seizure. He is now in the hospital--spitting up blood.
4. The RA--a 40 yr old bouncer at a local club at night, THEN sprayed the other students with the fire extinguisher.
5. The students went after him, and he locked himself in the Dean's office--still not alerting the administration.
6. He then hid on campus; the police found him and arrested him. He sits in jail, now. He was wrong--not the students.
7. It was not about the items soaked, but the disrespect the freshman students were treated with. The young man's parents PAY his PRIVATE tuition, as I do for my son. We receive NO financial aid.
8. The president of BCU has taken some of the affected students shopping for temporary replacement items, and has heard their concerns.
Get the facts straight before judging the students; this time they were the victims--with one sitting in the hospital receiving x-rays, now
MzSPB1 (09/29/2009, 8:40 PM )