University of Washington Law School tightens Security after Threats
[Guest post by DRJ]
The U-Wash Law School has increased security after the discovery of a Nazi/firearm threat on a bathroom wall and menacing phone calls:
“University of Washington law students are on alert after graffiti appeared on campus last week that threatened their lives, but some are upset about how little information they’ve been told.
The threat, directed toward Law School students and the Law School, was found scrawled across the wall of a campus bathroom Oct. 30. UW officials declined to reveal the exact wording of the graffiti, but School of Law Dean Greg Hicks summarized the sentiment as being that the school is “training up little Nazis.”
The UW Police Department isn’t saying where the graffiti was discovered or what it said because investigators haven’t questioned a suspect they have identified. But police acknowledge that the threat was specific to November and that firearms were mentioned.
The graffiti’s threat is compounded by a number of menacing phone calls made to the Law School recently, Hicks said.
It’s not clear how serious those threats are, but police have taken security measures at William H. Gates Hall, which houses the School of Law. Students and faculty must have a Husky ID card to get into the building, and an officer has been posted there indefinitely, UW Police Assistant Chief Ray Wittmier said.”
A student leader urged students to be patient in the face of a “tight-lipped” response by authorities:
“Student Bar Association President Nowell Bamberger e-mailed students Saturday, asking them to be patient with the tight-lipped policies of school administrators and police.
“I can assure you that, based on the very limited information that has been shared with me at this point, the administration is taking every prudent action to keep the building, our students, staff and faculty safe in light of our current situation,” he wrote.
“This is one of those times when I believe that we all must trust that the steps that are being taken are in the interests of our collective security and well-being,” he added.”
I’m sure everyone is rightfully concerned about this, and I hope the perpetrator is quickly identified and prosecuted.
This incident brings home in a very real way the delicate balance between the public’s right to know and the government’s need for secrecy in investigating terrorist threats.
— DRJ
Any word on the where-abouts of this student from GWU at the time the stuff was put on the walls?
Scott Jacobs (a1de9d) — 11/5/2007 @ 10:22 pmI agree with Scott…Lately it seems a lot of nooses , swastikas and the like are being put up by the libs to get attention or something. If you can’t find hate and racism, make it up!
What happened to the noose found on the professor’s door at Columbia? Even though there were video tapes of the hallway leading to her office, they haven’t been released…probably because she did herself.
And was it at George Washington University that the Dean was going to expel the conservatives for putting up anti-Muslim ads only to find out it was some libs doing it? They didn’t get expelled…lol…
Stacy In Tucson (b99466) — 11/5/2007 @ 11:24 pmStacy,
I disagree with you. Saying that liberals have put them up to show hate and racism that “doesn’t exist” is irresponsible at best. You have no proof as to the political leanings of whoever did it.
Two examples to consider:
(1) In Northwest Louisiana at a middle school a teacher was dismissed and another couple of administrators suspended or administratively counseled for an incident in which they put a noose up in a tree and held a middle school child up to the noose to show how they were used by racists in the past. Student, teachers and aide all happened to be black.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/NEWS01/711010334/-1/STATE
(2) After all the hoopla about the march in Jena, Louisiana very little has been made of the fact that a white nationalist group plans their own march in Jena on the MLK holiday next year. Regardless of how one views the Jena 6 issue the fact that thousands of people marched peacefully with no incidents of crime or violence was ignored. Their support was for individuals – the support of the white nationalists is in support of an inarguably racist movement.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/14446387/detail.html
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?p=4623708#post4623708
So the lesson seems to be to ignore the times when a school acts responsibly and handles an incident with appropriate punishment and certainly to ignore a white nationalist group planning to march in Jena because that upsets the storyline about the Jena march two months ago.
voiceofreason (1e9e31) — 11/6/2007 @ 4:38 amStacy – We are racists, just ask VOR.
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 5:03 amOk, how about “That does not exist to the extent that they would like us to believe”?
I mean, If they stop the drawing, does not the stuff stop appearing?
I can’t get pissed off about whatever ignorant hate someone holds in their head, and leaves there. I can and do get made about the ignorant hate they put on display for the rest of the world.
Scott Jacobs (a1de9d) — 11/6/2007 @ 5:17 amSooooo…. The Racist white people get denied their freedom to assemble, while the racist black pople get to do whatever they want?
Look, the KKK has the right and freedom to say whatever they like about “mudpeople”, just like we have the right to point as laugh at their retartdedness.
Trust me, it pisses then off way more than anything else seeing a white guy (shave your head if you can, it even adds to their fury) pointing and laughing at them, telling Redneck jokes to the folks around him.
Scott Jacobs (a1de9d) — 11/6/2007 @ 5:20 amUpdate: She did it herself.
davod (5bdbd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 5:47 amVOR – It is in no way irresponsible to note that many of these kinds of tempest in a teapot stories turn out to be either faked, self inflicted, etc … The media never really follows the story to its end, just uses them as an example of whatever “ism” they are choosing to focus on at that time.
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 6:07 amScott,
I have no disagreement about the scope of bias or racism. It is declining as each year goes by. But for those of us who are not biased or racist we contribute to even more decline by not being blind to where it occurs on both sides of the fence.
Voice of Reason (10af7e) — 11/6/2007 @ 6:53 amBias and racism is not dominated by liberals or conservatives. It is dominated by morons. And denying the freedom to assemble is not my suggestion.
The question I would pose to you is this “Until you read this thread were you aware of the plans for the white nationalists to march?” If you weren’t then I submit the media has failed in bringing it to the forefront as well.
white nationalists? Giving them free publicity, which they crave, is like responding to alphtard. It just encourages them. If the white nationalist get together is anywhere near the same size or scope as the march in Jena, then maybe it should be covered. As these things usually turn out, it is a few dozen idiots hoping for some attention.
VOR – You should be absolutely outraged at the made up and manufactured events designed to stoke the flames between races.
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:00 amWe get the occasional Nazi march up here. Seven or eight geeks show up and about 5,000 counter-protesters. The police are out in force to keep the Nazis from being pummeled. I imagine that will be the same scenario in Jena. Those clowns in the bedsheets won’t be scaring anyone. They’ll mostly be wetting their own pants.
nk (334528) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:03 amJD is spot on. It is turning out to be a fairly common phenomenon. It’s like they need to keep the fear alive to justify their world view.
And while we’re at it, here’s something that will convince the libs that I must be a racist!…I think we have raised a nation of babies. These babies take offense over the stupidest things. I was raised to believe that sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
And yet, everyone seems to be hypersensitive to words. Say the N word (even though it is said daily in rap songs) and you are branded a racist. Say macaca and oh my god! You may send some injured soul to therapy for a year it is so threatening!
I’m tired of everyone being so sensitive. When I grew up there were joke books making fun of my Irish heritage…I laughed at them…now, I’d need to sue someone and look for healing from the community.
I say, libs….grow a pair, jeez….
Stacy In Tucson (b99466) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:10 amNK, you know what Bloomington/Normal is famous for, amongst the neo-nazi/white supremisist crowd?
Scott Jacobs (425810) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:37 am“You know, Brian… Ireland has more drunks per capita than people…”
🙂
Scott Jacobs (425810) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:37 amB/N – Home of State Farm and Country Companies?
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:45 amScott #13,
No, I don’t. I hope it’s not for salting its roads year-round.
nk (334528) — 11/6/2007 @ 7:50 amWhat is now BroMen Regional hospital is where the modern founder of the Neo-Nazi movement was born.
They used to have marches every year on his birthday, until they realized the locals have good throwing arms with regards to rocks. 🙂
They don’t march there no more.
Scott Jacobs (425810) — 11/6/2007 @ 8:16 amVOR – Do you have examples of conservatives faking hate crimes? I’m not recalling any off the top of my head.
daleyrocks (906622) — 11/6/2007 @ 8:18 amI’m not sure what VOR’s point is. So there’s a white nationalist march planned. Why should that be of any interest to us? It isn’t a hate crime; it isn’t any sort of crime, real or fake. The topic here is not fake racism but fake crimes. If racists exist but don’t commit any crimes, then why should any of us care? What harm do they do?
For that matter, what’s wrong with being racist, if one doesn’t harm anyone? Why is racism worse than flat-earthism or homeopathy? Why are white or black nationalists of more concern than UFO nuts or truthers? It’s only when such beliefs lead to violence than we should be concerned, and VOR has given us no reason to believe that this planned march of theirs in Jena will do so.
Milhouse (f10fb3) — 11/6/2007 @ 9:13 amThere comes a point where discussion is meaningless. No one is racist except blacks – I get it from JD and others. Whites are the aggrieved victims and the conservatives are Christ’s equal, liberals are the devil and the skinheads are freedom fighters. That’s how you come across.
Voice of Reason (10af7e) — 11/6/2007 @ 10:41 amNo, wrong … you missed the point completely, VOR. When it comes to race issues, you have shown an inability to seperate emotion from reason, just like in your last comment.
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 10:48 amNo, Voice of Reason, that’s not how they come across, it is how you filter their comments.
The difference is rather significant.
SPQR (6c18fd) — 11/6/2007 @ 10:50 amVOR – discussion is not meaningless, unless one party comes to the table with the idea that those that do not share their policy positions are racist. As such, maybe you are right. Since you previously declared us racists, why bother discussing it with us?
JD (49efd3) — 11/6/2007 @ 11:24 amLooks like another Progressive decided to express himself as do the others at GWU. It appears there are more progressives who have Nazi leanings than there are actual Nazis.
I wonder what GWU will do about these progressives. My bet is that they’ll ask the YAF to undergo sensitivity training.
Thomas Jackson (bf83e0) — 11/6/2007 @ 12:50 pmI’m confused how this became a discussion about GWU when this was a threat at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle, WA. I don’t think this was a “progressive” but someone who is a little out of their mind. The threat came from the other end of the undergraduate campus. It seems to be jumping to conclusions to assume it is a hoax when it is most likely a very angry and/or crazy person. Also remember that they threatened to shoot law students, not just that they were “little Nazis”. I am a law student at UW and am not surprised that such a threat was made. We have had security issues the entire time I have been here. We are a public institution which means anyone can come in at any time to use our building/library. In addition, just last Spring, a staff member at UW was shot and killed. She had also received threats prior to the shooting. It may be an empty threat, but it is going too far to say it is a “progressive” trying to get attention.
Jennifer (8bb872) — 11/7/2007 @ 12:02 pm