Wednesday, January 17, 2018


Must not speak ill of blacks -- even to your mother

A judge has dismissed a disorderly conduct charge against a University of Vermont student who was accused of using "explicitly racist and threatening language" in a phone call with his mother.

Three witnesses reportedly overheard the comments, but one declined to speak with investigators and another denied overhearing anything inflammatory.

University officials claimed in October that continuing education major Wesley Richter used “explicitly racist and threatening language" against black students and diversity initiatives on campus, reports Burlington CBS affiliate WCAX.

Judge David Fenster’s decision to dismiss the case on Tuesday for lack of probable cause ends two months of review after UVM police charged Richter with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.

According to the Burlington Free Press, Richter's lawyer, Ben Luna, said the conversation in the library multimedia room between Richter and his mother contained no threats, but prosecutors argued in October that Richter's comments specifically targeted black students, and as such, constituted a crime.

Notably, however, Seven Days reported shortly after the charges were filed that UVM police had issued a statement saying that after conducting “a thorough investigation and threat assessment,” it had “found no information of an imminent threat to public safety.”

Richter’s attorney, Ben Luna, however, offered a very different appraisal, saying the judge’s determination makes clear that the charges never should have been filed.

"This opinion is a victory for the First Amendment. This opinion is a victory for free speech on university campuses,” Luna declared in a statement after the dismissal.

The exact nature of Richter’s controversial phone call is not known, as the ruling prevents the release of an affidavit containing specific alleged quotations, but Richter has insisted that he did not make any threats during the conversation

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Vermont used to be a bastion of freedom before the Liberal crowd moved in from other States.

Bird of Paradise said...

I realy wish all liberals and snowflakes would move to another country and far far away from any people of any race then no one has to put up with their stupid whiining

Anonymous said...

One of the terrible results of this is that the student has no where to go legally with this case.

He can't sue the prosecutors or the investigators because they are protected by sovereign immunity.

He probably can't sue the student on the affidavit there is no evidence that the student lied.

He can't sue the judge for sealing the records in the case that would allow the world to see that this was a horrible and suppressive prosecution.

In the end, the taxpayers spent money on a bogus prosecution (and even persecution), the kid and his family spent thousands of dollars on defending himself, the kid is forced to leave school and no one - and I mean NO ONE - is held accountable for this travesty.

The process was the punishment.

It is time to end or at least limit sovereign immunity as it applies to government workers and police. Being paid by taxpayers is not a license for rogue and ridiculous acts.

Anonymous said...

5:57 AM
Yes. We are sinking toward government as it was before the Revolution.

Spurwing Plover the fighting shorebird said...

Life,Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is what its all about its time to get back to what the U.S. Constitutions all about and its not walking naked down Main Street or man marring another man and not written for Monkeys as those idiots from PETA tried but failed