Four OSU Players suspended

[KoneZone]

Oregon State Football coach Mike Riley suspends four players.

[KoneZone]

Four players suspended after public outcry over attack of Mixed Race couple. National Guard serviceman returns to Iraq after assault leaving Distraut Wife behind.

[Jokelahoma]

Links or details, please, so we can read more about this. Thanks.

[KoneZone]

Channel 8 KGW in Portland Oregon reporting at noon. This kind of thing will not be tolerated. Good job Coach it;s about time.

[Prime Choice]

Got a source URL?

[KoneZone]

I saw it on the News and heard "Mike Riley" the Football coach say that they were not going to play in the "Civil War" game. Hope the Beav's still win.

[Grampa Dave]

Below is a thread which has a little more detail of this racist hate crime committed by a black and abetted by his team mates.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281293/posts

Oregon State Football Player Charged With Assault
San Jose Mercury News | 11/14/04 | Associated Press


Posted on 11/16/2004 10:33:34 AM PST by onehipdad


Football player charged with assault on National Guard officer

Associated Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State football player has been charged with assaulting an Oregon National Guard soldier after a fight resulting from racial comments about the soldier and his wife.

Joseph Rudulph, 19, a freshman from Sacramento, Calif., was arrested Friday after the confrontation early Friday morning at the Headline Cafe in downtown Corvallis.

Staff Sgt. Gabriel Sapp was dancing with his wife at the restaurant when they were approached by a group of black men, identified as Oregon State football players. The men began making comments to Sapp's wife, who is also black, about her relationship with her husband, who is white, according to Corvallis police Capt. Jon Sassaman.

"At some point, his wife was targeted with comments about why she was with a white male," Sassaman said. "This escalated into an argument that led outside."

According to witnesses, a large crowd gathered around the couple during the argument. Sapp was punched in the face and was knocked unconscious when he hit the ground. His wife was also knocked to the ground when Sapp was struck.

Witnesses identified the attacker as Rudulph. The men fled the scene shortly before Sapp's wife flagged down a passing police car. After gathering statements, police tracked down Rudulph at his residence. Sassaman said Rudulph admitted hitting Sapp, but claimed he was reacting to racial comments by Sapp.

Witness accounts, however, did not back up that statement, according to Sassaman.

Rudulph faces assault, harassment and disorderly conduct charges.

University and team officials had no comment.

Sapp was celebrating his last night of leave with his wife at the restaurant. Sapp is a squad leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team.

He left for Iraq Friday

[Prime Choice]

Staff Sgt. Gabriel Sapp was dancing with his wife at the restaurant when they were approached by a group of black men, identified as Oregon State football players. The men began making comments to Sapp's wife, who is also black, about her relationship with her husband, who is white, according to Corvallis police Capt. Jon Sassaman.

I wonder when these punks will get charged with a HATE CRIME?

Oh...right...never. >: (

[Tax-chick]

I was thinking Oklahoma State, too.

[Prime Choice]

BTW, thanks for the source, Grampa Dave. Much appreciated.

[dixiechick2000]

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Thanks, Gramps. I was just about to ping the list to the other thread, but saw this one first. Thanks for posting the link to onehipdad's thread.

[wewon]

they need to go to jail. this is racism.

[Grampa Dave]

You are welcome. We come to FR to learn and to laugh at the left wing lunatics. You help us to do both.

[mountaineer]

they need to go to jail. this is racism.

Just to clarify, they should go to jail for assault and battery, not for being racists. When we start imprisoning for thoughts, however repulsive, we're using the Constitution for toilet paper.

[EggsAckley]

Welcome to Free Republic.

[KoneZone]

Thank you for your efforts on this. The ability of some to get to the truth is astounding. God Bless the truth finders.

[Red Badger]

http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/3919684/detail.html

[EggsAckley]

Just to clarify, they should go to jail for assault and battery, not for being racists.

Exacta-mento. The poster who made the statement about racism joined today. Bears watching.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this thread.

Each version of this hate crime, helps to wake up our side and middle America!

[smonk]

---they need to go to jail. this is racism.---

--Just to clarify, they should go to jail for assault and battery, not for being racists. When we start imprisoning for thoughts, however repulsive, we're using the Constitution for toilet paper.--

thank goodness. someone remembered that a "hate crime" is spectacularly wrong-headed. assault and battery is already illegal; why they committed the crime is beside the point.

[Jokelahoma]

Hey, besides, Oregon is a blue state. There is no racism in blue states. Nothing bad ever happens there. All is fine, the sun always shines, the land is full of milk and honey, etc.

Now that I'm done being sarcastic, I agree with you. The focus should be on the assault itself, not the motivations for it. It teeters dangerously close to "hate crime" territory if we focus on why. The important thing is it happened, and they shold be punished to the full extent of the law for what they did.