Footballers assault Palestinians in the US

Five footballers at North Carolina's Guilford College were charged with "ethnic intimidation" and the assault of three Palestinian students on January 21. The FBI will also investigate whether the footballers should be charged with "hate crimes". The three Palestinian students were brutally attacked by up to 15 members of the college football team, who used "brass knuckles" and called them "terrorists", "sand niggers" and "fucking Palestinians". Students at the college have condemned the attacks as racist and have begun to organise in support of the Palestinian students. On January 24, Yes! Weekly online magazine reported that students have also threatened to walk out of school if the attackers were not suspended.

From GLW issue 697