thebeave
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This is a weird one:
Banned BYU fan was not seen yelling racial slurs at Duke volleyball player, police say
If Richardson could hear it on the court, certainly those around the person yelling the slurs could hear it as well, and would have reported it. Unless they were all racists in on it too, and covering up for the guy (seems unlikely). But no one seems to have come forward. On the other hand, it seems hard to believe Richardson would think she could fabricate this out of whole cloth, given the huge number of witnesses to, and recording of, the game. Everyone knows, if you're going to pull off a fake racism accusation, you need to do it at 2 am in sub-zero temperatures when no one is around.
As an aside, this happened last night:
Volleyball players subjected to racial slurs during match at Canyon High School, mother alleges
However,
What the hell is going on here?
Banned BYU fan was not seen yelling racial slurs at Duke volleyball player, police say
In an incident that has grabbed headlines nationwide, Richardson and her family complained of a fan yelling the N-word at her and her Black teammates from the BYU student section during a match in Provo on Friday. After the match, they said the fan approached her and told her to watch her back as the Duke players returned to the team bus.
BYU soon announced the fan identified by Duke had been banned and noted he was not a BYU student. Per the Tribune, the fan was a Utah Valley University student. Apparently, he acknowledged to police that he approached Richardson after the match, but only because he thought she was a friend of his who played for BYU (the two programs share colors). He also claimed he only yelled that the players “shouldn’t hit the ball into the net.”
Later, Duke players and coaches reportedly identified the man as the same person who was allegedly yelling the slurs at Richardson. An initial review of surveillance footage of the crowd didn't turn up any evidence that the man was the fan yelling the slurs as the Black Duke players served.
If Richardson could hear it on the court, certainly those around the person yelling the slurs could hear it as well, and would have reported it. Unless they were all racists in on it too, and covering up for the guy (seems unlikely). But no one seems to have come forward. On the other hand, it seems hard to believe Richardson would think she could fabricate this out of whole cloth, given the huge number of witnesses to, and recording of, the game. Everyone knows, if you're going to pull off a fake racism accusation, you need to do it at 2 am in sub-zero temperatures when no one is around.
As an aside, this happened last night:
Volleyball players subjected to racial slurs during match at Canyon High School, mother alleges
SAN ANTONIO — A mother says her daughters were subjected to persistent racial taunts as visiting players in a volleyball match at New Braunfels Canyon High School.
Jennifer Gardner Price said students in the front row of the student section shouted the N-word at players from Hays High School throughout the game, and when coaches notified Canyon administrators, "all they told the boys was 'watch your mouths.'” She says nobody was ejected from the game, and the abuse continued even as the girls were leaving the gym.
"The boys were not kept away from our team after the game and they were allowed to continue to heckle the girls on their way out," Gardner Price said. "An SRO had to escort our team out to their bus."
However,
The district also explained the reasoning for not ejecting anyone from the game.
"An Assistant Coach at Hays notified the AP supervising the student section that while she did not hear the alleged comments, that a couple members of the Hays team did hear the statements.
"The AP immediately addressed the student section and asked if anyone had heard the slur. No one admitted saying it or hearing it. She then addressed the group reminding them to not use names of players, player numbers, or use any negative or inappropriate language.
"Had the students who allegedly made these racial slurs been positively identified by any of the players, coaches, referees, students, or adults in attendance, then the AP would have immediately removed them from the game, and we would be disciplining them appropriately."
What the hell is going on here?