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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.
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I am a third generation Oregon State Alum, work in Corvallis, and quit giving money to OSU when they started letting homosexual couples live in married student housing and gave an endowed chair to a prominent member of the notorious Jesus Seminar. There is no chance a fourth generation will go to that school. Corvallis passed Eugene up as the most liberal town in the state several years back. I live in Albany and drive to Corvallis just to minimize my time in this truly bigoted and intolerant town. Other than that, I don't feel too strongly about it.
A white guy who's married to a black woman made a racial slur to a black guy? Riiiiiight.
Same story as me except that the only hard stares and comments have come from black males. F'um, it doesn't bother me a bit, although I've never had to dodge fists because of it.
The funniest thing is that when traveling in rural areas, some white folks are overly friendly and solicitous around us.
Hey, no problem, I figure they're coming from a good place.
What is in order here is jail time for the perp and, while they're at it, flush his scholarship down the toilet.
Let us not be silly about this! In a blue state, it is not possible for a BLACK to be guilty of a hate crime. It is what makes blue states blue! Now, if the races had been reversed, then the NYT would have this on the front page!
Yeah, I have noticed that white people in general try overly hard to show how "approving" they are of my wife and I's inter-racial marriage. Might not be genuine, but it is better than the dirty looks that come from black men and women.
My take on the issue of race is all the talk about how we need to all get together, talk about it, blah blah blah is exactly wrong. LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT! BECAUSE WHO THE F*&K CARE ALREADY, IT'S JUST SKIN TONE FOR CHRIST SAKE. Should we hold a forum for me in late August when I'm tan as Hell from a summer at the beach? Enough already, move on, I'm white, you're black, who gives a flip!
Yeah - too bad the Civil War game this weekend is being played there, and not in Eugene. Still, I hope the turnout in Corvallis overwhelms the homers with negative acknowledgement.
/grin
"Minorities 75% of the U.S. population"
Doesn't THAT seem a bit stramge that 75% = "minority??
That is why we must rid ourselves of lawyer scumbags and their scions such as the aclu, naacp, dnc - before we do not even recognize the ENGLISH language!
Ain't no woman like the one-eyed Gott--one hip Dad.
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Absolutely! When you add up Hispanic (M & F), black (M & F), well, all non-white (M & F), then all Female, plus they are working hard to add anyone who claims to be a sexual deviant (M & F). It's probably approaching 80 or 90% of the country classified as "minority."
Opens ones eyes to see why democrats are so willing to buy "minority" votes. They are the vast majority. Fortunately, many (sadly, not most) minorities don't fall into the demoncrat stereotypical clueless voter who can be tricked into voting demoncrat.
That is definitely par for the course for Oregon State. I wouldn't send a dog to that university for training.
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Another OSU alum here. The administration is a bunch of gutless wonders who durn near bankrupted the place. Fellow named White managed to rescue them and now he's gone. I'm thinking a little email might be in order here.
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