Bananas tied in nooses of black string were found this morning. The three locations, a shuttle bus stop at les anderson hall, in front of the mare graden center and near the east quad building. Its the first full day on the job for the universitys Government Association president , who is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority referenced in this incident. We have the statement by the newly sworn University President , it reads in part, i impror all of us to unite in solidarity with those impacted by the situation. We must show those in the community that bigotry, hate, and racism cannot and will not be tolerated. Now, American University released a statement confirming again where these were found. They deplored this, they said that theres an investigation under way. They are reviewing video that they believe may have captured part of this and they said they will address this further with the student body in the next 24 hours. Live in northwest, washington, jackie, thank you. The u
We saw some bumps an bruises and a couple of students going onto an ambulance to get checked out. We are told that none of the students were trantas ported to hospitals by ambulance. Parents were able to take their kids to a hospital to get checked out if they wanted to. They just cleared the cryonite, school bus and car involved intersection of trinity and little road, starting to clear up. Traffic is backed up for a good distance. Take a look at the video we shot moments after this crash, you can see the major impact between the school bus an the two door silver sports car involved in the crash. Withins believe the silver karan a red light, leading to the crash. Florida Highway Patrol investigating students in tears. I saw parents running up to them relieved to fine out their climb was okay and we talked to after she got off this bus. I banged my knee on the seat in front of me. I started to freak out and i felt really dizzy and when i looked up, i noticed that the hood of the bus wa
Exactly, 24 hours ago, we reported, that councilman marion berry was out of the hospital after another held scare, and we got used had to him bounding back and, moments after we reported the news, he collapsed and died. And sam ford has a look at a remarkable career, that included scandal, and couple backs. This city is better off because of my leadership. They once called him dcs mayor for life. He dominated the citys attention, as no other figure. He moved from memphis. And he had been a civil rights activist, college kids who sat in at lunch counters to protest policies and, who refused, to serve blacks. Thats it, since 1960 giving to the public and, civil rights movement, and arrested, a dozen time. After the assassin nation of king, berry emerged here as a activist, running a selfhelp program. The reaction and, try to figure out how to get some power. He was next elected to city council and, an incident in, 1977, rocketed him to prominence, a ral ever radical group, took over and
Long and learning details of the last hours of his life. Learng more about the final hours of marion barry. Frankly, people who spoke to him, people who were with him says this comes as a surprise, that he was doing really well yesterday and there were no warning signs. Marion barry was brought by ambulance here to United Medical center at 12 15 a. M. He was pro noungsed dead at 1 46 a. M. All night long, friends, family and supporters have been gathering here at the hospital. You can see the video here, the prayers that were being said in the lobby here of the hospital. There was an Early Morning press conference as well. Barrys wife, cora, as well as longtime friend and spiritual adviser reverend willie nelson. He was just released saturday evening from Howard University hospit hospital. On sunday he was said to be feeling great, fantabulous is the word he used. He visited his son, went to for a bite to eat on sunday. Returning home is when he collapsed, apparently outside of his hom