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UCLA Science Lab Students Watched In Horror As Male Classmate Slashed Female Student's Throat
LATimes ^ | October 08th 2009

Posted on 10/08/2009 10:46:09 PM PDT by Steelfish

UCLA Science Lab Students Watched In Horror As Male Classmate Slashed Female Student's Throat

Spencer Weiner, Anthony Pesce, Andrew Blankstein and Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times Staff Writers October 8, 2009

Students in the UCLA science lab described the horrifying moments this afternoon when a male classmate slashed the throat of a female student, who was critically injured.

One student who was inside the lab when the attack occurred shortly after noon told The Times that he looked up as the assailant appeared to repeatedly punch the victim. Then the man calmly turned and walked away as the victim lay bleeding profusely.

Law enforcement sources said some type of verbal altercation occurred just before the attack, but the relationship, if any, between the assailant and the victim was unclear.

Witnesses said they saw a woman staggering out of the sixth-floor Young Hall lab with a teacher's assistant applying pressure to her bloody neck moments after the attack, which was reported at 12:21 p.m.

The victim, whose name was withheld, was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she apparently was undergoing surgery.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: damonthompson; thompson; ucla

1 posted on 10/08/2009 10:46:10 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

The attacker should be taking a dirt nap RFN.


2 posted on 10/08/2009 10:48:09 PM PDT by wastedyears (If I don't have a right to play defense, then I'll go on offense. - FReeper Enterprise)
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To: Steelfish
Just underscores the need for knife control...but even banning all sharp objects may not be enough...we also need to ban all heavy objects...and also partially bind anyone who is stronger or more martially skilled than average...then we will be safe.

Basic problems is the government isn't doing its job to enslave er...I mean protect us.

3 posted on 10/08/2009 11:06:11 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Steelfish
This will be interesting. Organic is not a piece of cake but then again, becoming violent with your lab partner seems a bit overdone.

I read that the victim is doing ok after surgery, btw.

4 posted on 10/08/2009 11:07:02 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: Steelfish
Authorities identified the suspect as Damon D. Thompson, 20.

I can't find any news on how she it doing, but at least at UCLA there would have been no trouble quickly finding good surgeons.

5 posted on 10/08/2009 11:08:44 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Steelfish

Any bets on the assailant being a member of the R.O.P.?


6 posted on 10/08/2009 11:09:31 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: AndyTheBear
I’m thinking a goverment endorsed labotomy on all those deemed dangerous in the future. We could have a Labotomy Czar.
7 posted on 10/08/2009 11:10:40 PM PDT by liberty or death
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To: Steelfish

ACORN affirmative action student?


8 posted on 10/08/2009 11:10:41 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: Steelfish

Same incident here:
http://www.fresnobee.com/641/story/1667427.html


9 posted on 10/08/2009 11:10:48 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Steelfish

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/student-booked-in-ucla-stabbing-attack.html


10 posted on 10/08/2009 11:11:46 PM PDT by dennisw (It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel.)
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To: MediaMole

Well, his name is not Mohammed. But they can recruit him while he’s rotting in prison.


11 posted on 10/08/2009 11:13:58 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: MarMema
Organic is not a piece of cake but then again, becoming violent with your lab partner seems a bit overdone.

Right. It's not like quantitative analysis.

12 posted on 10/08/2009 11:14:07 PM PDT by TChad
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To: All

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla-stabbing9-2009oct09,0,5890313.story

“UCLA student brutally attacked in chemistry lab”

By Andrew Blankstein and Larry Gordon
October 9, 2009

SNIPPET: “One witness inside the lab told The Times that the alleged assailant, a 20-year-old male student in the class, walked up to the 20-year-old female victim and appeared to repeatedly punch her. The witness said he realized it was more serious when she slumped over, bleeding profusely from her neck.

Police have booked Damon D. Thompson on suspicion of attempted murder.”


13 posted on 10/08/2009 11:14:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Steelfish
20-year-old UCLA student as the perp?

Have fun in prison, dude.

14 posted on 10/08/2009 11:24:32 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Steelfish

The dude “calmly walked away...”?
Was there one single decent pair of testicles in that room?

Jeesh!!


15 posted on 10/08/2009 11:28:46 PM PDT by djf (Some people are proud. Some people are curious. I'm proud that I'm curious!!)
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To: djf

The students were probably in shock...and also focused on the injured student.


16 posted on 10/08/2009 11:32:08 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: djf
Was there one single decent pair of testicles in that room?

I would guess that the incident was so astounding that everyone was just shocked.

17 posted on 10/08/2009 11:33:12 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: TChad
Here is a lengthly Washington state court record on a Damon D. Thompson, but this guy was born in 78 which would make him 31 not 20. Probably a different guy.
18 posted on 10/08/2009 11:55:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Dianna

They must’ve thought it was part of the curriculum.


19 posted on 10/08/2009 11:58:01 PM PDT by whatisthetruth
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To: Steelfish

Why can’t we know his name?


20 posted on 10/09/2009 12:15:18 AM PDT by montag813 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
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To: montag813

You allready know the answer...but dont want to leap to conclusions...

*snicker*

me neither...but I suspect he wasnt amish...


21 posted on 10/09/2009 12:17:24 AM PDT by Crim
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To: Steelfish

Some kind of foul up in the admissions office. The slashers are supposed to go to USC.


22 posted on 10/09/2009 1:53:23 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: TChad
Authorities identified the suspect as Damon D. Thompson, 20.

Initially I thought it was going to be one of those Chinese science rivalries.

23 posted on 10/09/2009 3:05:01 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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