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TexasTowelie

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Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:14 AM Nov 2017

Follow-up: Hate crime charge sought against white college roommate [View all]

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut NAACP wants a felony hate crime charge immediately filed against a white former college student accused of smearing body fluids on her black roommate's belongings.

Close to 100 people attended a rally held by the NAACP on Wednesday outside the West Hartford police department.

Former University of Hartford student Brianna Brochu was charged Oct. 28 with misdemeanor criminal mischief and breach of peace. Police said last week they were seeking a hate crime charge.

Police say Brochu claimed in an Instagram post to have tampered with her roommate's belongings, including putting her toothbrush "where the sun doesn't shine."

Read more: http://www.nhregister.com/news/education/article/NAACP-calls-for-hate-crime-charge-against-college-12341165.php

Earlier thread:
She rubbed bloody tampons on her roommate's bag - then bragged about it online, cops say

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1042864

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