All charges have been dropped against six Guilford College football players who had been charged with ethnic intimidation by three Palestinian exchange students. This smelled fishy from the start, with witnesses saying early on that the Palestinians were trying to start trouble.
Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann said he
dropped charges of assault and ethnic intimidation after reviewing
witness statements from nearly 30 people. All six players faced assault
charges, while five were charged with ethnic intimidation.The
Palestinian students told a magistrate judge they were taunted with
racial slurs and called “terrorists” as they were beaten and kicked
during a Jan. 20 fight on campus, according to court papers. Two of the
students attend Guilford College, and the third man attends North
Carolina State University in Raleigh.Police
investigated the incident after the students went to a magistrate
judge, who issued warrants for the football players. Police didn’t file
their own charges.Neumann said witness statements “differ as to how the incident began, how it erupted, who was involved.”
Whatever happened to the “they had it comin'” defense?
