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COLUMBIA, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - Two Mizzou students are apologizing for placing cotton balls outside the Black Cultural Center at the campus last week. On Feb. 26, cotton balls were found strewn about the front of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. Many students considered the incident an act of hate. On Tuesday, University of Missouri Police officers arrested Sean Fitzgerald, 19 year old MU Freshman, and Zachary Tucker, 21 year old MU Senior, after an anonymous tip.
Fitzgerald and Tucker say they "deeply regret the pain their actions have caused others and the negative attention this incident has attracted to the campus and community." The statement released Friday says they "apologize to each and every person who was hurt and offended by their actions."
They say they plan to meet with organizations and individuals personally to apologize.
The "cotton ball" incident was part of a series of acts. The two also took part in riding the tiger in the quad, climbing a statue at Faurot Field, hoisting a pirate flag at the ROTC building, and the incident at the Black Cultural Center
The two also took part in riding the tiger in the quad, climbing a statue at Faurot Field, hoisting a pirate flag at the ROTC building, and the incident at the Black Cultural Center
Sounds like they had a little too much to drink.
Mecca
03-05-2010, 10:26 PM
How are cotton balls an act of hate?
Braincase
03-05-2010, 10:29 PM
How are cotton balls an act of hate?
Please tell me you aren't that f****** dense. Seriously?
Mecca
03-05-2010, 10:37 PM
Seriously I have never once looked at a cottonball and thought "there's an act of hate in these"
Duck Dog
03-05-2010, 10:38 PM
Please tell me you aren't that f****** dense. Seriously?
Oh come on. It was stupid and insensative. But hate? Yiu really want to call this a hate crime? Now that's what I call fucking dense.
And no, I'm not calling you dense.
Oh come on. It was stupid and insensative. But hate? Yiu really want to call this a hate crime? Now that's what I call fucking dense.
And no, I'm not calling you dense.
I tend to agree with this. The most someone could get them for is harassment. For it to be a true hate crime, I would think you would have to prove intent. Considering everything else they did that evening, it's hard to call this anything other than a inconsiderate, insensitive prank.
Duck Dog
03-05-2010, 10:54 PM
There next prank should be leaving pennies in front of the Jewish Culture Center.
baitism
03-05-2010, 11:06 PM
http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_Brock/Cotten-balls2.jpg
blaise
03-05-2010, 11:08 PM
It's incredibly stupid but how is it criminal?
Dante84
03-05-2010, 11:56 PM
Frat
Mecca
03-05-2010, 11:57 PM
Yea I would consider it stupid, but hateful cmon now.
chiefzilla1501
03-06-2010, 12:03 AM
Yea I would consider it stupid, but hateful cmon now.
Dude, it's crazy hateful.
Criminal no. Hateful? Of course.
It's not criminal, but it's one of those instances where you wish justice would be done. By justice, I mean... a bunch of insensitive douche bags who think they're funny, get caught, and then get the shit kicked out of them until they start shitting sideways.
blaise
03-06-2010, 12:10 AM
Dude, it's crazy hateful.
Criminal no. Hateful? Of course.
It's not criminal, but it's one of those instances where you wish justice would be done. By justice, I mean... a bunch of insensitive douche bags who think they're funny, get caught, and then get the shit kicked out of them until they start shitting sideways.
Well I think in the context of the conversation, because they were arrested, calling it a hateful act translates into calling it a criminal one.
Duck Dog
03-06-2010, 12:17 AM
Dude, it's crazy hateful.
Criminal no. Hateful? Of course.
It's not criminal, but it's one of those instances where you wish justice would be done. By justice, I mean... a bunch of insensitive douche bags who think they're funny, get caught, and then get the shit kicked out of them until they start shitting sideways.
How ironic. A hate filled post.
soopamanluva
03-06-2010, 09:41 AM
They will get what's coming to them. People know who they are, and some don't take things like that as a joke. It's along the same lines as hanging a noose up
Brock
03-06-2010, 09:43 AM
what do you expect, it's Mizzou.
Gonzo
03-06-2010, 09:49 AM
The pirate flag is pretty funny though...
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Dottefan
03-06-2010, 10:55 AM
I wish I could say I was suprised..but its Missouri..its full of people like this.
I wish I could say I was suprised..but its Missouri..its full of people like this.
No one from Kansas gets drunk?
JD10367
03-06-2010, 10:58 AM
I consider it more ignorant than hateful. Pointy white hats left on the grass with burning crosses, that would be hateful. (Similarly, the pennies outside a Jewish Cultural Center would be ignorant. Leaving gold fillings and shoes would be hateful.)
It was ignorant. Like the CA frat with the "ghetto party". But if ignorance is illegal, most of the world would be in lockdown.
Tits McGee
03-06-2010, 01:04 PM
What "guy" actually has cotton balls, really?
JD10367
03-06-2010, 01:47 PM
What "guy" actually has cotton balls, really?
Well, according to the late great George Carlin, it's the final stage of "beer nuts".
KCChiefsMan
03-06-2010, 01:48 PM
Seriously I have never once looked at a cottonball and thought "there's an act of hate in these"
because back in the days of slavery, black slaves used to pick cotton :thumb:
KCChiefsMan
03-06-2010, 01:49 PM
Mizzou fans. First the celebration of rape and now this
chiefzilla1501
03-06-2010, 01:51 PM
How ironic. A hate filled post.
Not that ironic. An eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth.
You think you're funny by picking on a race? You don't deserve to be arrested. But you certainly deserve to get the snot kicked out of you.
KCChiefsMan
03-06-2010, 01:54 PM
What "guy" actually has cotton balls, really?
I don't know what the use of cotton balls is for. I do know that women require 1,000's of them.
JD10367
03-06-2010, 01:58 PM
I don't know what the use of cotton balls is for. I do know that women require 1,000's of them.
They use them to remove makeup.
Occasionally, I'll use one to wipe some sort of astringent on my nose, forehead, and cheekbones. 'Cause I'm Italian, which means I'm one oily-ass motherf**ker.
They use them to remove makeup.
Occasionally, I'll use one to wipe some sort of astringent on my nose, forehead, and cheekbones. 'Cause I'm Italian, which means I'm one oily-ass motherf**ker.
Racist.
JD10367
03-06-2010, 02:38 PM
Racist.
I think I'll go scatter some garlic cloves outside the Italian-American club. LMAO
bowener
03-06-2010, 02:49 PM
Frat
Naval ROTC
Mr. Laz
03-06-2010, 04:00 PM
Please tell me you aren't that f****** dense. Seriously?yes ... he is
I don't know what the use of cotton balls is for. I do know that women require 1,000's of them.
I use them to remove nail polish.
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