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Person caught on camera the night someone strung bananas as American University. A meeting to address the hate crime has been cancelled. Students walked out of yesterdays town hall chanting their demands. Frustration began to boil over today after a meeting was called off between au administrators and several student groups of color. Kristen wright is live in northwest right now with Fast Breaking developments with this story. Reporter kpamz are going on right now but there is still that unease. Today in a statement we heard from the student who was in many ways at the center of this whole thing, tailer dumbson is the new Student Government association president. First africanamerican woman to hold that position. Shes also an aka, the is a roert named in that hateful banana incident she shes not surprised by thes ....
Fall. Phil capers is worried about the future of black students at au. These types of incidences i think it would discourage black students from coming to American University. Reporter he too disappointed about the meeting that hasnt happened so far. This stuff happens more and more. So i think it was a bad move on the administration i think. Reporter these student groups have a list of demands including much more transparency from the administration here at the au, wendy. Back to you. Moments ago i spoke with that new president of American University student government, taylor dumpson. She is the first black woman to hold that post and also a member of the sorority targeted with that ugly comment. And the day this all started was her first day onthejob. Shes satisfied she says with the universitys response to this. Its as good as i can be during the situation. I fe ....
Magazines. That rifle had been stolen from an unmarked Rockville City Police car. It was a quick thinking School Resources officer who saw some suspicious activity and moved in to close the case. Thankfully we had the sro there, you know, who potentially couldve stopped a tragedy because we dont know what this individuals intention was. Reporter as news of this gun incident spread, we gathered reaction from parents today. The car was stolen too. Whoa. Reporter and the gun was stolen from a police officer. Whoa. Its shocking to hear and its sad to hear. Reporter your daughter, are you worried for her safety here . Always and here and any place, thats why im here ten minutes before dismissal. That child made some bad choices at a really good school. Reporter you worried . Reporter Montgomery County superintende ....
several demon straights planned for today right here in washington. they re all scheduled to coincide with the dedication of the martin luther king junior memorial. take a look at this map. at least three major rallies are planned in and around town today. mayor vin vent gray will be taking part in the d.c. for freedom rally in march. organizers want to draw attention to their fight for rights in the district. it s the cause that led to mayor gray s aarrest earlier this year. across town the reverend al sharpton will lead a march. and members of the occupy d.c. movement will also have their voices heard today. they re marching to the national mall at noon. those protesters say they will lend their support to dman stroitors fighting for d.c. voting rights. rallies are taking place around the world. it s being called an international day of action. protests are being planned from long don to new zealand and organizers have take on the the web to spread their message ....
total of $100,000 to be wired to this informant. and the informant had told him that it would cost $1.5 million to carry out this assassination plot. finally, arbabsiar was arrested at kennedy airport september 29th. within four hours of being given his miranda warning the government says he began to cooperate and told all. saying that he had talked with members of the iranian revolutionary guard about this and that they kept demanding that he take some action. so for all these reasons, the attorney general said today that this was an act that originated with officials in iran. here s how he said it. the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran. and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. reporter: now, the iranian government has denied any involvement here. but this afternoon p treasury department went further tha ....