Posted on 09/09/2022 8:14:22 AM PDT by God luvs America
BYU says it found no evidence of racial heckling during a women's volleyball match against Duke last month after what the school called an "extensive review" of the incident.
Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson, who is Black, alleged that she repeatedly heard a racial slur directed at her during the Aug. 26 match from someone sitting in BYU's student section. Richardson's godmother also said the player was called a racial slur "every time she served."
BYU banned a fan from all its athletic events shortly after Richardson's allegations but has lifted the ban following its investigation, which the school says included reviewing all available video and audio recordings and contacting more than 50 people who attended the event, including some Duke athletes and staff members. The review included security camera footage and footage from BYUtv with broadcasting audio removed.
"From our extensive review, we have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or uttered racial slurs at the event," BYU said in a statement. "As we stated earlier, we would not tolerate any conduct that would make a student-athlete feel unsafe. That is the reason for our immediate response and our thorough investigation.
"As a result of our investigation, we have lifted the ban on the fan who was identified as having uttered racial slurs during the match. We have not found any evidence that that individual engaged in such an activity. BYU sincerely apologizes to that fan for any hardship the ban has caused."
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Unexpected.
They believed without any proof.
Wow. That is unexpected. I thought that the university would cave. Kudos to them.
Another in a long line of fake hate crimes. Where was that Empire guy that night?
Well, that won’t float. Time to burn BYU to the ground I guess.
Isn’t that about normal? 👎🤪
Dawn Staley is a fool.
A woman so deluded she DID hear it. In her own head. To be expected from radical leftists and the perpetual victim class.
Nothing will happen to the hoaxer and this will still be used an an example of racism to the hustlers.
Speaking of Crystal Mangum
from the memory hole...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crystal-mangum-duke-lacrosse-accuser-convicted-in-murder-case/
among extreme leftists, byu and bob jones university are generally perceived as racist institutions. so any action taken against either is possibly a form of virtue signalling, regardless of particulars.
Her “Own truth”
Lots of mental illness shows up during college years. The stress of the studying( well, not nowadays for a lot of “majors”)....can expose the disorder. Time will tell us many things....
Thanks for this link. Explains it all!
Why isn’t the title:
BYU finds no evidence of racial heckling toward Duke women’s volleyball player
??????
Why isn’t the title:
BYU finds no evidence of racial heckling toward Duke women’s volleyball player
??????
Dies shine a brighter light on it.
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