Was found with a noose around the neck and draped in a old Georgia flag on OM campus. 2 people dressed in camo pants fleeing the scene
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Was found with a noose around the neck and draped in a old Georgia flag on OM campus. 2 people dressed in camo pants fleeing the scene
Was apparently sent out to students in an emailQuote:
At the request of Chancellor Dan Jones, the university’s Alumni Association has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two individuals involved in an early morning incident on The University of Mississippi campus.
The University Police Department (UPD) is looking for two men who were seen early Sunday morning near the James Meredith statue, which commemorates the 1962 integration of the university. One of the men was reported to have been wearing camouflage pants. The statue had been draped with a noose and an old Georgia state flag, and the men were heard shouting racial slurs.
Jones condemned the action as contrary to the beliefs and values of the university community. “These individuals chose our university’s most visible symbol of unity and educational accessibility to express their disagreement with our values. Their ideas have no place here, and our response will be an even greater commitment to promoting the values that are engraved on the statue – Courage, Knowledge, Opportunity, and Perseverance.”
Assistant to the Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Don Cole reiterated the creed that the university stands by. “This is particularly painful because the James Meredith statue has become a gathering place for students to discuss many things, including the tenets of our creed, which calls for dignity and respect for all people.”
UPD has initiated a rigorous investigation and alerted Oxford Police. Anyone with information concerning the investigation is urged to contact UPD at 662-915-7234.
If this type of thing "has no place at Ole Miss", then why does this type of thing always happen at Ole Miss? #Martyr
I mean damn .. Is OM trying to set a record for most bad publicity in a month.???
That University is a constant embarrassment to my home state and it pisses me off to no end.
Wow. They can't stop stepping on their own dicks. It's just getting sad now
#GrenadaWithoutTheLake
Par for the course.
http://media.salon.com/2012/11/20025451_BG2-460x307.jpg
Fins Up
I'd be worried if I'd done it. That's a big reward.
If it's two football players that did that, I'm going to laugh my ass off.
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Originally Posted by Political Hack
I've been saying it for years. If they really want to change their image and really "progress", they MUST drop everything related to their cherished images of the old south, the confederacy, everything. And yes, that includes the athletic name "Rebels".
There is really nothing funny about this shit, guys. This WILL get national news, and the average person outside of Mississippi, will not see this as an Ole Miss issue, it will be a Mississippi issue, which impacts all of us.
Thanks assholes, for ****in' us again.
"Old Times there are not forgotten
Look away, look away Dixieland"
"Family values".
All about "love" up there, you know?
smh
Those people are disgusting.
They're great at the "look away, look away" partQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Guys, this is the type incident that will draw attention and people who start asking questions about all sorts of other things. We may be about to see a 4 alarm dumpster fire.
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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
THIS all day. It's Marketing 101.
Unfortunately the Ole Miss fanbase won't tolerate dropping "Ole Miss" or "Rebels" or Dixie. In fact, their marketing heavily promotes "I AM A REBEL".
Such promotion is an underhanded admission that "Rebels" is something that is otherwise shameful in its own right. The point is they wouldn't have to try so hard to redefine "Rebels" if there were nothing inherently wrong with it.
They need a complete branding overhaul. But it won't happen. They barely survived the on-field dismissal of Col Reb. These days Col Reb canbe found in the Grove with old south sympathizers. Lots of good that did.
Spirit is shut down.
they always do beardo. I despise them for it.
This is horrible on all counts. The rebels might be able to keep the NCAA at arms length but now they are going to deal with the liberal media. No one wins that. I agree that this is a black eye for the state not just that ignorant program up north.
Don't make this a "liberal media" thing, man - any response they get for this situation is about human decency, not politics.
They just never stop either over there. Tx Muddawg could make an Ole Miss Tradition Part II
It's an absolutely despicable action. People need to grow up and stop fanning the racist's flames of one dismal part of our great state's history. I mean, anybody who thinks he's better than someone else because of his race either has a two-inch dick or an IQ of about 90. I'm shocked that the Harvard of the South would allow such characters into its vicinity. Somebody has obviously cheated on his ACT.
The horrible thing is that the US justice department will probably charge it as a hate crime. I'm too much a softie and feel sorry for these trapped idiots. They've got some serious epiphanies about to take place.
1. a statue can't be killed or beaten for the color of it's skin
2. a person can
3. there are such things as "hate crimes"
4. this isn't rocket science
That place is unraveling fast!!!
The truly do not forget the old times. I agree that the University of Mississippi and the Lost Cause symbols it continues to propagate are a huge embarrassment to OUR state. Mississippi State University has a history that all Mississippians can celebrate. Case in point, the Loyola v MSU game. They have a very nice exhibit about the game at the library right now. Y'all go see it.
Ole Miss will NEVER drop those Lost Cause symbols that celebrate the systematic violent oppression of humans. For that reason, they will continue to suffer from a bad image. I will never send or pay for my children to attend that university.
Well said, General.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gen. Grant
This statement has to be a lie. "Assistant to the Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Don Cole reiterated the creed that the university stands by. "This is particularly painful because the James Meredith statue has become a gathering place for students to discuss many things, including the tenets of our creed, which calls for dignity and respect for all people."
Who will the recruit be, who turns in the perps on an official visit?Quote:
In addition to the ongoing UPD investigation, the Ole Miss Alumni Association has offered a $25,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the two individuals involved in the incident.
You know... For the "Reward"... [/WINK]
I don't know how to post a pic, and really don't want to post this one, but here's a really strange thing..... Earlier today, before Ole Miss's announcement of the Meredith statue thing, someone posted a picture on Facebook of a young guy in camo with a noose around a black statue. A reporter over in the Delta has picked it up and is trying to get the kid to talk. Search twitter for justinmooreontv and you can see the picture. If you visit the kid's page, his background is Ole Miss, and he is from the Grenada area. Coincidence?
Yup. Here it is. His twitter account is deleted.
edit: his twitter is not deleted.
https://twitter.com/ltillman95
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bgt5uPPIYAEdV0r.jpg
And I forgot to add: **** this guy. I hope he get everything coming to him.
If he's from Grenada, C34 will have somehting to say about this...God help us all. just damn... how disgusting..
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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
EXACTLY. This is another reason why I will not call them by there racist nickname. Furthermore when I tell any person why I will not call them by that name, I tell them the story of what it means and how it used to have that exact story on their school website. I want anyone I meet in DFW to know the difference between UM and MSU and what WE, THE MISSISSIPPI STATE University stand for and the people of the state stand for.
This will be another easy target for any non-southern news show and newspaper to say how racist the people of Mississippi are. Sadly they all love to jump on something like this rather than point to any racist stories in their own communities.
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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
No his Twitter account is not deleted....
See "edit", bells.
Yeah sorry, saw that after I posted mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
That university is despicable
no worries.