who know levi from the video, we know his heart he is not a racist. we raised him to be loving and inclusive, how did the two end up at the center of a racial storm. both group in ritzy dallas neighborhood, went to elite schools, dorm mate says rice went out of his way to help people. unfortunately he compromised his morality for the tradition and for the pursuit of the favor of fraternity members. parker rice eluded to the tradition in his statement. saying yes the song was taught to us. but that too doesn t work as an explanation. we received our first statement from the local chapter of sae here on campus. they say cryptically that three to four years ago their frat was invaded by a horrible cancer that they never stopped. ryan owens, abc news, norman, oklahoma. new worries this morning about release of a bioterror bacteria. federal official says a worker at the tulane national primate
what exactly are these students saying, either themselves or through proxies? reporter: well, ashleigh, both are saying that they re sorry but choosing to do it in two different ways. first to parker rice, one of those 19-year-olds that was identified in the video as the leader of that unspeakably bigoted chant. part of that statement saying, i m deeply sorry for what i did saturday night. it was wrong and reckless. i made a horrible mistake by joining into the singing and encouraging others to do the same. on monday, i withdrew from the university and sadly at this moment, our family is not able to be in our home because of threatening calls as well as frightening talk on social media. i know everyone wants to know why or how this happened. i admit it likely was fueled by alcohol consumed at the house before the bus trip but that s not an excuse. yes, the song was taught to us but that too doesn t work as an explanation.
there will never be a [ bleep ] at sae. there will never be a n word at sae. we just got the top of the program, i want to read more now. he said quote, i know everyone wants to know why or how it happened. it was fueled likely by alcohol consumed but that s not an excuse. yes, the song was taught to us but that too doesn t work as an explanation. it s more important to acknowledge what i did and what i didn t do. i didn t say no and clearly dismissed an important value i learned at my beloved high school dallas jesuit. completely ignored the core values i learned from parents and others. parker rice a few moments ago. what he and the others did was hateful and ugly. should hateful and ugly get you
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the song was taught to us but that too doesn t work as an explanation. mark morial we were talking yesterday with gene robinson who said it s really bizarre. a lot of these incidences aren t happening in places that you expect them to happen in the deep, deep south. you re getting it in ferguson, missouri up in oklahoma it s what it s troubling, it s disturbing, it s hurtful, but, you know, joe, here s the thing. i want to lift up david boring the president of the university because he took a strong decisive stand. he didn t wait. he didn t equivocate. and he took swift action as the leader of a great institution of higher education should do. but what troubles me greatly is the statement that the song was taught, which means it must be part of the culture and the tradition of this fraternity. and it raises significant questions about the culture of