Frat Behind Racist Chant to Sue OU

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http://www.newser.com/story/203992/frat-behind-racist-chant-to-sue-university.html

The fraternity whose racist chant brought national scorn and ridicule to the University of Oklahoma plans to sue the university. The newly hired attorney for Sigma Alpha Epsilon tells KFOR that the school unfairly damaged the reputations of all SAE members when it shut down the frat house after the incident. Stephen Jones—described by NBC News as a "maverick attorney" best known for defending Timothy McVeigh—adds that the two students expelled over the chant aren't racists but merely "lacked judgment in a social setting," in the words of KFOR. Jones doesn't represent those two, notes KOCO.

"Obviously there are issues about First Amendment rights, due process, and real estate issues, but we're still gathering documents," says Jones. NBC notes a small-world aspect to the litigation: Jones once unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against incumbent David Boren but got trounced. Boren is now OU president and the man who handed down the punishment to SAE.

 

[Jazzy]

In what public school in this country would any student be able to walk in and start yelling the N word without facing severe punishment/suspension?

The 1st amendment does not apply to code of conduct in an educational setting. There are standards to be followed. This is simple common sense.

You can't say whatever the you want to say whenever you want to say it and not expect some sort of reaction. These punks deserve every single iota of backlash they're getting. Period.

 

[Dee]

I'm surprised that these kids have the chutzpah to turn this around and act like they were the victims here. They were blatantly showing a very racist side to themselves, which so happened to be caught on camera, and no matter how much their parents think they're sweethearts and would never think or feel that way about anyone (guaranteed the parents aren't helping), they had to pay the price for their actions.  It is absolutely disgusting of them to make it out like they were the one's who had their reputation damaged by no fault of their own.  I think most people would agree that they did that themselves.

You can't say whatever the you want to say whenever you want to say it and not expect some sort of reaction. These punks deserve every single iota of backlash they're getting. Period.

Agreed.

 

[duskpire]

Its never a good idea to go around making racist remarks. Bad things tend to happen....like this or in Ferguson.

 

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Racists are

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.