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dusty trails

(174 posts)
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:07 PM Aug 2013

Minority Students At University of Texas Attacked By An Epidemic Of ‘Bleach Bombs’

Last edited Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:42 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Think Progress

On Wednesday, University of Texas student Bryan Davis, who is African American, was struck by a bleach-filled balloon while he was walking to visit a friend in a neighborhood populated by UT students. Moreover, this attack appears to be part of a chain of similar assaults targeting students of color on the Texas campus. Last October, Austin police launched an investigation into four similar attacks on UT students, all of which targeted Asian or African Americans.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/24/2523051/minority-students-university-texas-attacked-epidemic-bleach-bombs/

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Minority Students At University of Texas Attacked By An Epidemic Of ‘Bleach Bombs’ (Original Post) dusty trails Aug 2013 OP
Ted Cruz types , I'm sure. jessie04 Aug 2013 #1
Catch them, throw them out of tu if they are students, revoke efhmc Aug 2013 #2
Damn, lets hope AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #3
RAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZ brett_jv Aug 2013 #17
????? heaven05 Aug 2013 #27
OMG silverweb Aug 2013 #4
I can't even wrap my brain around that sort of evil Marrah_G Aug 2013 #5
Hopefully there are surveillance cameras located throughout the campus theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #6
They need to pull some finger prints off those balloons loudsue Aug 2013 #7
Wouldnt the bleach remove any fingerprints as well as any DNA on the ballon once it burst? cstanleytech Aug 2013 #8
The dna, most likely, but I wouldn't think it would destroy the fingerprints loudsue Aug 2013 #9
Most bleaches don't do anything to oils Scootaloo Aug 2013 #11
Thanks. That makes sense. eom loudsue Aug 2013 #13
This shit dates WAY back. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #10
There's ALWAYS been asshole frat-boy types lurking in West Campus. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #14
errr, ummmmm heaven05 Aug 2013 #22
so what heaven05 Aug 2013 #21
Actually, it makes it WORSE. It's cultural and not an "isolated incident". Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #29
??? heaven05 Aug 2013 #31
What gets me is when you actually meet a White Supremacist and they're actually White Trash. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #32
any racist heaven05 Aug 2013 #33
"Racism has gotten worse with the ascension of Barack Obama to POTUS." Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #34
It is possible heaven05 Aug 2013 #35
We have to thank the old "black power" movement for that.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #36
One giant step forward in perversion, throwing bleach on people. Judi Lynn Aug 2013 #12
Disappointing to hear this is happening at UT Ash_F Aug 2013 #15
Certainly is. Octafish Aug 2013 #23
Could you edit your title to use the one in the article, please? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #16
okie dokie smokie dusty trails Aug 2013 #18
Thanks. 'LBN' is 'Latest Breaking News ' - this forum muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #19
future leaders heaven05 Aug 2013 #20
+1 JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #26
Hell heaven05 Aug 2013 #28
Retro Racists marions ghost Aug 2013 #24
Shame :(. I know one kid there who is not throwing them! I will tell her to be on the lookout! Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #25
At the University of Texas? NaturalHigh Aug 2013 #30
AZ,MS,TX,GA,FL,NC,SC,KY,MO,TN do us a favor..... the_sly_pig Aug 2013 #37

efhmc

(14,721 posts)
2. Catch them, throw them out of tu if they are students, revoke
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:12 PM
Aug 2013

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any money or loans they have and prosecute them for hate crimes.

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
17. RAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZ
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 06:01 AM
Aug 2013

Man, we looked bad Friday night in the 1st half. But Pryor, ... dude came in and showed 'em how it's done ... when you have no offensive line, you gotta have a dude that can move around like that, eh? Not sold on his ability to make all the 'NFL throws' yet, but I think it gives us a chance for some excitement, even in our losses ...

Anyways, this story is just incredibly sad and infuriating at the same time. Bleach ... I get it ... turn them WHITE ... DUUUUURRRR... What kind of sick f*cks would do this kind of thing?!?

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
4. OMG
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:36 PM
Aug 2013

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]If those aren't hate crimes with intent to cause serious harm, I don't know what else they could be called.

Let's hope the perpetrators are caught and severely punished very soon!

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
5. I can't even wrap my brain around that sort of evil
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:37 PM
Aug 2013

They need to catch these people and put them in jail.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
6. Hopefully there are surveillance cameras located throughout the campus
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:40 PM
Aug 2013

These thugs need to be caught and charged with assault and hate crimes. What I don't understand is that these attacks have been going on for almost a year???!!!

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
7. They need to pull some finger prints off those balloons
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:41 PM
Aug 2013

and put some racist assholes away for a long time.

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
9. The dna, most likely, but I wouldn't think it would destroy the fingerprints
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:49 PM
Aug 2013

Someone in forensics would have to weigh in on that one.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
11. Most bleaches don't do anything to oils
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 07:35 PM
Aug 2013

However... given the way balloons work, any fingerprints placed on it when it was "inflated" simply got smudged into clumps of finger-grease when it ruptured... and even stretching the rubber out again wouldn't help.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
14. There's ALWAYS been asshole frat-boy types lurking in West Campus.
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 01:40 AM
Aug 2013

They were there 30 years ago, and probably 50 years before that. They're seemingly eternal, the scions of Texas privilege, and they can embody some of the worst of Texas culture.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
22. errr, ummmmm
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:35 AM
Aug 2013

amerikkan culture is more like it, localized in these useless, ignorant, racist and backward future leaders of amerikkka called "frat boys".

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
21. so what
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:29 AM
Aug 2013

that stops it from being relevant? It would happen today if the same situation was taking place. You don't want it here because it's 'old' news? Or you don't want it here because it shows the ignorance, stupidity and racism of some of amerikkka's future leaders? This country's racist history and present are guaranteed to continue into another generation, or two, or three.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
31. ???
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:50 PM
Aug 2013

continuing into the next generation or two or three, just like the last 10 generations doesn't make it cultural? It's been worse since the lynchings and cross burnings. Throwing bleach on brown skinned people? Just an escalation of racist ignorance and stupidity that has been a intricate part of amerikkkan culture every since the time of the 'founding fathers'. Cultural? You're goddamn right with some generational thrown in there for good measure.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
33. any racist
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 04:33 PM
Aug 2013

is trash from rand paul to the scum that was making up stories about how he 'figured' those 25 people were acting to get denied service. Post racial amerikkka my ass. Racism has gotten worse with the ascension of Barack Obama to POTUS. No doubt in my mind. Politics aside, worse only because of his permanent tan. Sad, sad, sad and pitiful amerikkka. Never got it right and I fear never will.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
34. "Racism has gotten worse with the ascension of Barack Obama to POTUS."
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 05:25 PM
Aug 2013

Racists want to see black people as inferior and subordinate and if they don't fulfil that role in society they want them dead.

It was their worse nightmare to see Obama elected and it brought them out of the woodwork but I bet their numbers didn't increase. They were just better at hiding it before.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
35. It is possible
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 05:35 PM
Aug 2013

you are right about the numbers, but my take is there were a hell of lot of those roaches in the woodwork. Always have been there. A white POTUS caused no fear of loss of perceived white male/female entitlement and privilege. A man of color was a nightmare, for them. And that virulent racism is in the halls of power in this country. There was a lot of knashing of teeth that first inaugural ball. I heard it all the way here in the middle of the country. Well every since viet nam, I have one place, as a citizen of this country, no more, no less. Let someone TRY to make me feel inferior or subordinate to them for any reason and there would be trouble.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
36. We have to thank the old "black power" movement for that....
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 06:30 PM
Aug 2013

It gave the morale boost just at the time it was needed in the 60s and 70s.

Judi Lynn

(160,415 posts)
12. One giant step forward in perversion, throwing bleach on people.
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 10:03 PM
Aug 2013

If it weren't for the harm it causes, it would sound stupid, childish, and ignorant.

It would indicate the culprit isn't educable.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
23. Certainly is.
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:48 AM
Aug 2013

Texas had changed for the better in the 1960s and 1970s.

The arrival of Reagan made it OK for the racists to come out in the open, however, and things are going in another direction.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,258 posts)
16. Could you edit your title to use the one in the article, please?
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 05:27 AM
Aug 2013

It tells us a lot more about where and who. It's also the LBN rules.

dusty trails

(174 posts)
18. okie dokie smokie
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:46 AM
Aug 2013
Could you edit your title to use the one in the article, please?

Done, as requested.

It tells us a lot more about where and who. It's also the LBN rules.

Maybe you can educate me as to what "LBN" is ???

muriel_volestrangler

(101,258 posts)
19. Thanks. 'LBN' is 'Latest Breaking News ' - this forum
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:10 AM
Aug 2013

It has slightly stricter rules than the other forums on the board, to try to keep the threads as recent news, with only one thread per news item:

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heaven05

(18,124 posts)
20. future leaders
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:24 AM
Aug 2013

so this type of hate will go on for another generation or two or three....... god bless amerikkka and these united states....

JustAnotherGen

(31,770 posts)
26. +1
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 11:12 AM
Aug 2013

And I'm reading some empathy on this thread - but it will be interesting to see what direction it takes.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
28. Hell
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 11:47 AM
Aug 2013

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there was empathy/sympathy for the zimPIG on this site, so nothing really surprises me about so called liberals and progressives in these EVIL times in amerikkka and the world.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
24. Retro Racists
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:22 AM
Aug 2013

--wow, these sick jerks are determined to drag the country back to the bad old days. Sad to see young people doing it. At least we could imagine the older ones dying off.

I have a relative at the school and feel sad that she has to see this but maybe she can be part of the correction.

This is NOT good for UT. I would like to think they would prosecute hate crimes on campus. The admin needs to take a strong stand.

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
25. Shame :(. I know one kid there who is not throwing them! I will tell her to be on the lookout!
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:41 AM
Aug 2013

I hate to see crap like this anywhere, but especially at my alma mater. My daughter starts there tomorrow and my son graduated a few years ago. Very diverse student body, too much so with these perpetrators. I hope they catch them soon!

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
30. At the University of Texas?
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 02:30 PM
Aug 2013

I'm honestly surprised. UT has a reputation of being fairly liberal and tolerant, or at least that's what I've been told.

As for the miscreants who are doing this, throw the book at them if they're caught.

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