Schiada76
12-16-2007, 11:01 AM
After Death Threats, Student Beat Unconscious for Traditional Views
December 15, 2007
Princeton, NJ
After receiving multiple death threats, a Princeton student was beat unconscious last Friday in what appears to be a politically-motivated assault. The attack came after emails saying, "WE WILL KILL YOU," were sent to the officers of a student group that promotes traditional views of marriage and sexual ethics.
Francisco Nava '09, suffered serious abrasions, bleeding, and a light concussion after being beat until he lost consciousness this Friday. The attack, which occured within blocks of Princeton's campus, appears to be connected to multiple death threats received by Nava and other officers in the Anscombe Society, a student group that advances traditional ideas of marriage and family. Nava was assaulted on Witherspoon Street near the Princeton campus while walking to the home of a local youth he mentors through a student volunteer organization.The attackers did not take any of Nava's belongings.
The assailant, identified as a white, college-aged male, stopped Nava and asked him if he would "help someone who's been hurt." The assailant then pulled Nava into a dark area where another male joined in holding Nava's jaw shut. The two assailants thrust Nava's face against a brick wall causing abrasions, according to an email sent to administrators. Nava was then punched until he lost consciousness. When he awoke the assailants were beating him with a glass bottle. Nava's two attackers said, "We told you to shut the f* up," apparently echoing words that had appeared in messages received by Nava and four others affiliated with the conservative Anscombe Society. After the assault, Nava was taken to Princeton Medical Center for treatment. He was released late Friday evening.
The attacks came two days after Nava and five others, including prominent politics professor and conservative scholar Robert George and Rhodes Scholar and Tory Editor-in-Chief Sherif Girgis, were sent email death threats. One message said, "SHUT THE F* UP WE WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU WE ARE WATCHING YOU YOU DONT BELONG HERE WE WILL KILL YOU."
The emails were traced to computers at Princeton's Firestone Library that do not require a log-in or password. Campus dormitories can be accessed using the same ID card required to enter the library. All students receiving threats spent the night off-campus at either a hotel or a house in the local area.
The assault, which occurred around 6:00 Friday night, is being investigated by the Department of Public Safety and the Princeton Township Police. No suspects have been developed.
Nava received his first threat after joining the Anscombe Society, a group that promotes traditional sexual ethics. The groups website states that marriage is "the exclusive, monogamous union of a man and woman." Nava received additional threats after criticizing Princeton's policy of condom distribution in the Daily Princetonian.
The attack also comes only a day after a columnist for the Daily Princetonian criticized Princeton's administration for signaling that there was an "Open Season" on conservative students. "By permitting a double standard to exist, the University has inadvertently, I am sure signaled to those who would use intimidation tactics to silence the voices of morally conservative students that their misconduct will not be investigated, much less punished or even denounced," said the article written by Brandon McGinley, also a Tory staffer.
Yup those progressives sure are tolerant aren't they?:confused: :rolleyes:
December 15, 2007
Princeton, NJ
After receiving multiple death threats, a Princeton student was beat unconscious last Friday in what appears to be a politically-motivated assault. The attack came after emails saying, "WE WILL KILL YOU," were sent to the officers of a student group that promotes traditional views of marriage and sexual ethics.
Francisco Nava '09, suffered serious abrasions, bleeding, and a light concussion after being beat until he lost consciousness this Friday. The attack, which occured within blocks of Princeton's campus, appears to be connected to multiple death threats received by Nava and other officers in the Anscombe Society, a student group that advances traditional ideas of marriage and family. Nava was assaulted on Witherspoon Street near the Princeton campus while walking to the home of a local youth he mentors through a student volunteer organization.The attackers did not take any of Nava's belongings.
The assailant, identified as a white, college-aged male, stopped Nava and asked him if he would "help someone who's been hurt." The assailant then pulled Nava into a dark area where another male joined in holding Nava's jaw shut. The two assailants thrust Nava's face against a brick wall causing abrasions, according to an email sent to administrators. Nava was then punched until he lost consciousness. When he awoke the assailants were beating him with a glass bottle. Nava's two attackers said, "We told you to shut the f* up," apparently echoing words that had appeared in messages received by Nava and four others affiliated with the conservative Anscombe Society. After the assault, Nava was taken to Princeton Medical Center for treatment. He was released late Friday evening.
The attacks came two days after Nava and five others, including prominent politics professor and conservative scholar Robert George and Rhodes Scholar and Tory Editor-in-Chief Sherif Girgis, were sent email death threats. One message said, "SHUT THE F* UP WE WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU WE ARE WATCHING YOU YOU DONT BELONG HERE WE WILL KILL YOU."
The emails were traced to computers at Princeton's Firestone Library that do not require a log-in or password. Campus dormitories can be accessed using the same ID card required to enter the library. All students receiving threats spent the night off-campus at either a hotel or a house in the local area.
The assault, which occurred around 6:00 Friday night, is being investigated by the Department of Public Safety and the Princeton Township Police. No suspects have been developed.
Nava received his first threat after joining the Anscombe Society, a group that promotes traditional sexual ethics. The groups website states that marriage is "the exclusive, monogamous union of a man and woman." Nava received additional threats after criticizing Princeton's policy of condom distribution in the Daily Princetonian.
The attack also comes only a day after a columnist for the Daily Princetonian criticized Princeton's administration for signaling that there was an "Open Season" on conservative students. "By permitting a double standard to exist, the University has inadvertently, I am sure signaled to those who would use intimidation tactics to silence the voices of morally conservative students that their misconduct will not be investigated, much less punished or even denounced," said the article written by Brandon McGinley, also a Tory staffer.
Yup those progressives sure are tolerant aren't they?:confused: :rolleyes: