Police, FBI investigating University of Maryland killing as possible hate crime

[KeepItReal]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Authorities are investigating whether the stabbing death of a black college student who was visiting the University of Maryland during graduation weekend was a hate crime.

The chief of the university police said Sunday the suspect, a white University of Maryland student, is a member of a racist Facebook group. An FBI official said the federal agency will assist with the investigation.

The victim, identified by police Sunday as Richard Collins III, was due to graduate from Bowie State University this week. The Calvert County man had completed ROTC in college and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army on Thursday, according to school officials and a family spokesman. He was 23.
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Collins was to graduate from Bowie State on Tuesday with a degree in business administration. He was to serve in Army intelligence.



Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-umd-stabbing-arrest-20170521-story.html

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Rest in peace, Lt. Collins

[uppityperson]

1. RIP, what a cutie. :(

[Lotusflower70]

2. That's heartbreaking

R.I.P. Richard Collins.

[Adrahil]

3. Damn. Very sorry to hear this...

UMD is my Alma Mater. What a shame.

[elleng]

4. University of Maryland Police are discussing FBI involvement in the investigation

of the stabbing death of a Bowie State student by a UMD student.

https://www.facebook.com/WUSA9/videos/vb.91515504777/10156212263289778/?type=2&theater¬if_t=live_video¬if_id=1495371292331098

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10561823

[dalton99a]

5. More info:

http://heavy.com/news/2017/05/sean-christopher-urbanski-umd-maryland-stabbing-murder-facebook-alt-reich/

[JudyM]

6. Stinks of tRump influence. "The suspect said "Step left, step left if you know what's best for you,"

police wrote in charging documents. Collins said "no," police wrote. The suspect continued to approach, and stabbed him once in the chest.

Police said initially there was no indication that race played a role. But University Police Chief David Mitchell said information about the Facebook group was brought to their attention on Sunday."

Tears in my eyes that anyone - drunk or not- feels entitled to stab someone who doesn't get out of their way, especially if it's racially motivated. And this particular young man who died, even more heartbreaking.

Likely another example of the unleashed "justified entitlement" movement set ablaze by 45.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. I'd say it qualifies

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

8. A loss to his family and the nation

RIP