Another day, another “hate crime” that turned out to be a hoax.
Fan-freaking-tastic.
A 29-year-old former Eastern Michigan University student was arraigned Monday on charges that he placed racist graffiti around the Ypsilanti campus on three separate occasions.
Eddie Curlin, who was an EMU student from 2014 to early 2016, has been charged with three counts of malicious destruction of property, four counts of identity theft and one count of using computers to commit a crime.
According to the university’s Chief of Police, Robert Heighes, the acts were not racially or politically motivated.
‘It was totally self-serving,’ he said at a news conference. ‘It was not driven by politics. It was not driven by race.’
“It was not driven by politics, it was not driven by race.”
Reeeeeeeeally? And why is that? Would this have EVER been said about a white person writing racist graffiti on a college campus?
The guy who was arrested is black though… so you know. Not political or racially motivated in the slightest.
I have a hard time understanding how this is driven by anything BUT politics and race.
The man wrote KKK in red, white, and blue. This was ALL about politics and race. Who is this jacknut trying to fool?
The first incident took place in September 2016 when the letters ‘KKK’ – seemingly referencing the Ku Klux Klan – and underneath in bold black ‘leave n*****s was spray-painted on an exterior wall, reported the Eastern Echo. The letters ‘KKK’ were painted in red, white and blue.
An October 2016 incident had the message ‘leave n*****s’ again scrawled outside of a building, this one right next to the campus’s monument to Martin Luther King.
The third incident took place last spring in which a racist message was found in a men’s restroom stall in Sherzer Hall, according to EMU.
When people want to preach about how white supremacists are running RAMPANT in America – they point to things like this. They point to the horrific, racist graffiti at Eastern Michigan University.
Then they go on to condemn all conservatives as racist Nazis….. In fact, all white people are racists. ALL OF THEM.
THEN, when it turns out it was a BLACK GUY writing the graffiti all along…
NOT POLITICAL. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG.
Cool. Got it.
‘Our officers have worked on this case extensively since day one. We appreciate that people wanted a fast arrest but, in many cases, that is not the way police work happens,’ said Heighes.
‘I recognize the anger, fear and frustration that these incidents caused for many of our students, faculty and staff, and I thank them for their patience and understanding as we conducted a thorough investigation.’
Curlin is currently serving a prison term of 18 months to five years on a conviction for receiving stolen property in December 2015, according to a state corrections database.
He’s in prison. What a stand up guy.