41 CommentsThe undergraduate community just received an email detailing an assault on 120th Street. Public Safety is looking for more information. Read the full alert:
On September 23, 2013 about 3:40 P.M. a Columbia University affiliate was the victim of an assault on W. 120 St. between Claremont Avenue and Broadway. CCTV shows the males come up from behind the victim and punch him about the head and face knocking his glasses off. The males then fled toward Claremont Avenue.
If you have any information concerning this crime contact the undersigned or Detective Coniglio at the 26 Pct. Detective Squad at telephone #212-678-1350.
Cristen Kromm reminds students: As always, please be mindful of your surroundings at all times. Public Safety may be reached at any time by calling 212-854-5555.
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@Anonymous Human beings are not machines; your behavior toward them influences their feelings and motives. A young black male is not a Toyota.
@Anonymous blaming the victim? it’s my fault i was assaulted?
@Anonymous We’re not discussing that. We’re discussing whether it’s fair or wise to be suspicious of all young black males. Some of us claim that it is, and that this is not a racist attitude. But like it or not, that’s exactly what racism is: judging people based on the color of their skin.
@lauren if you are white it is expected that you submit, then apologize afterwards. you should know you are in a university, left wing PC brainwash. i hope in spite you keep your self esteem. dont become white anti white.
@Anonymous Nonsense. Nothing I said above was anti-white. Are these comments really from Columbia students? It’s alarming to discover who we have in our midst.
@True …Toyotas occasionally work and are reliable.
@Anonymous You should be ashamed of yourself. What a pathetic excuse for a human being.
@Anonymous What’s shocking to me is the eagerness of 21st-century Columbia students to make openly racist comments. Of course, it’s no secret that a disproportionate share of crimes in New York are committed by young black males. But if you conclude that it’s logical to be suspicious of all such people, how is this situation ever going to change? Have the courage to treat every individual with respect!
@Anonymous You cannot be equally suspicious of all people if a disproportionate number of crimes are committed by the same people. That is not racism. That is common sense. If Toyotas blow up at a disproportionate rate to other cars, I should not feel equally safe in a Toyota, nor should i treat all cars equally. That would be dumb.
@Anonymous That is racism. It is the very definition of racism.
@Anonymous Actually, the most crimes in NYC are by white men and women working in the financial industry. They of course never go to jail. They don’t even have to admit wrong. But, of course we put the poor in jail for stealing from grocery stores and selling dope.
@Anonymous And shooting people.
@lauren its ok to kill & critically insure? where are you going w/this?
@No crowns Most of the commenting racist garbage aren’t Columbia students.
@Anonymous More black males committing crimes. Shocking. And people don’t want profiling…
@Honest Guy Very very true. They are THE “criminal race” in urban America.
@Anonymous Poverty begets crime, not race.
@Not sure But is this all the same person?
@Anonymous Top lel
@ID: Heaven please stop, you’re not on /b/.
@Anonymous The events that precipitated high crime rates among the African American community are clear: The age of European conquest, colonialism, slavery, institutional racism – an especially incideous kind of racism that existed on many fronts and on many levels. As a country with a particularly racist past, we (the majorty) are primarily to blame for many of the ills that plague the African American community.
Having said that, given overwhelming crime rates and statistics, it is completely logical for one to be suspicious of young black males. It sucks, but it is the world we (the majority) have created.
@Anonymous I dunno man my aunt’s house was foreclosed because of the actions of a white dude I say never relax around crackers.
@^same guy I’m a white dude btw
@Anonymous Wait, by saying it’s the white man’s fault aren’t you perpetrating ‘the white man’s burden’ paradigm, the main problem in the first place? Nice attempt at being intellectual. Try again.
@Anonymous European powers beung at fault for the deterioration of the African american community, and the justification for this fault – the white man’s burden are two seperate things. Being at fault for something does not mean one is justified in doing it. You obviously have no understanding of the white man’s burden paradigm. Nice try at reading comprehension though, try again.
@Uh... There was nothing in the original comment that even implied the paradigm of the White Man’s burden. I’m going to have to go with the initial poster on this one.
@Father Zachary Hale Comstock I agree with everything except that first paragraph. It is my belief that the negro, much like the Irishman and the Chinaman, is simply constitutionally inclined to resist our noblest efforts to bring him out of his dark (see what I did there?) night of the soul and into a life of righteous prosperity. If our efforts do hurt the negro, then it is simply in order to be instructive. After all, he who spareth the rod spoileth the child. Important lessons can be learned through pain, but they must also be applied. Until the negro, the Chinaman, the Irishman, et al learn these lessons, they must be consigned to their subservient order. But when they do learn, then they shall take our place in the arms of the Lord.
@ok Tom Buchanan don’t even jokingly say these things, it’s gross
@Booker DeWitt This idiot priest needs to learn the difference between baptizing a man and drowning one.
@Honest Guy While obviously untrue and unfair to Chinese and Irish people, the above statement is all too accurate regarding “the community”. Whether the problem is genetic or cultural in origin is less important than admitting that their subhuman savagery poses a direct threat to all civilized humans. Certainly it makes clear the overwhelming justifications for something like “stop and frisk”. It is long overdue for them to CLEAN UP THEIR ACT AS A RACE!
@Anonymous I know them, they live in Claremont 4C and are all econ majors
@Anonymous http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2013/09/25/editors-choice-20/#a=4
@Van Owen Typical.
@Anonymous I agree. It doesnt even need to be stated.
@A guy Indeed. Sad but true…
@Batman@CU Its time for some vigilante justice!
@Anonymous shut up you unfunny twit
@CU Public Safety We keep getting job applications from someone named George Zimmerman.
@Anonymous Can you simmer the zimmer? Can you flim flam the zim zam??
@Anonymous 3rd guy from left is wearing a hoodie…
@Batman@CU If you look closely at his right pocket you will see some skittles