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"But, arrested and charged? That’s over the top and inappropriate."

Sounds like the arrest occurred after this became a 'campus protest' issue - so the campus police were probably directed by the administration to do so. In the bigger picture, this is about political correctness run amok, and people looking for 'victims' under every rock.

These 21 year olds were acting incredibly stupidly, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they had been drinking. That's not an excuse, but if the 'campus activists' hadn't blown this out of proportion, this could have been handled internally - without public arrests.

Then you have the comments attributed to some student/students that 'it's bad enough we have to contend with racism here everyday..' I highly doubt that UConn is a 'racist' campus/environment, particularly in politically correct Connecticut. That said, there will always be some racism and other divisive prejudices in any society. The best way to deal with it is open dialogue and interactions. The worst way to deal with it is to suppress all free speech and thus sweep whatever underlying factors there are under the rug.

I highly doubt that UConn is a 'racist' campus/environment, particularly in politically correct Connecticut.The best way to deal with it is open dialogue and interactions. The worst way to deal with it is to suppress all free speech and thus sweep whatever underlying factors there are under the rug.

These were probably just drunk college kids.

That said, political correctness here in CT is severe and repressive.

There has been a long history of crime at UConn committed by black students and outsiders.

The black slums in CT are some of the most dangerous in the country.

Affirmative action has brought very unqualified and in many cases dangerous black students on campus.

If you talk about _that_ you will fired if you are a professor and punished if you are a student.

If you want a "reasonable discussion" on race your best bet is to leave the state.