Students Suspended in Relation to Syracuse Racism Incident

Four Students Suspended in Relation to Syracuse University Racism Incident

By Spectrum News Staff Syracuse

PUBLISHED 6:15 PM ET Nov. 20, 2019 PUBLISHED November 20, 2019 @6:15 PM

Syracuse University's chancellor is revealing new details about the recent string of racist incidents on campus.

Four students from the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity have been suspended in connection with one of the cases. It happened over the weekend on College Place when a racial slur was yelled at a black woman.

The verbal assault directed at an African American female involved 14 people leaving an Alpha Chi Rho party. Four are @SyracuseU students who are on interim suspension, not on campus or in classes. The rest of the people are being discipline at their schools.
— Briana Smith (@brianasmithnews) November 20, 2019

All fraternity social activities have also been suspended through the end of the semester.

Chancellor Syverud also says rumors of a white supremacist manifesto being sent to students in the library was likely a hoax. Law enforcement has not been able to locate anyone who actually received the document.

The white supremacist document that was air dropped in Bird Library was probably a hoax. Law enforcement couldn’t identify a single person who receive the air drop. However, it was communicated clearly and quickly enough which caused students to be afraid.
— Briana Smith (@brianasmithnews) November 20, 2019

There have also been 12 separate cases of racist and anti-semitic graffiti on our near campus over the past two weeks.

There's a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of any suspects.

Four Students Suspended in Relation to Syracuse University Racism Incident

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