Police arrested a College of Kentucky scholar who was caught on digital camera utilizing a racial slur and bodily attacking two Black college students Sunday.
Police arrested Sophia Rosing, 22, who’s white, simply earlier than 4 a.m. at a campus dorm on expenses of intoxication in a public place, third-degree assault on a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct, in accordance with an internet document from the Fayette County Detention Heart, which says she is being held on $10,000 bond.
Video of the assault, which circulated on social media Sunday, exhibits Rosing utilizing a racial slur as she strikes at a girl who’s working at a dormitory entrance desk. The coed tries to restrain Rosing, who seems to be visibly intoxicated and struggles to remain standing within the video.
“Might you cease?” asks the sufferer, who was working an in a single day shift at Boyd Corridor, college President Eli Capilouto informed college students in an e mail Sunday. (The video is captioned “what I needed to cope with at work.”)
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“Nope,” Rosing responds.
“I don’t receives a commission sufficient for this,” the sufferer says, as Rosing calls her a racial slur.
“I received this all on video,” says somebody recording the assault.
The video then exhibits the primary sufferer and one other sufferer making an attempt to put Rosing in a chair. Rosing tries to punch the second sufferer earlier than she tries to kick the primary sufferer; it’s unclear whether or not she struck both.
The video ends displaying a white male police officer handcuffing Rosing within the dorm as she continues to repeat the racial slur and struggles to stay standing.
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No one answered at any of the telephone numbers publicly listed beneath Rosing’s identify. A Fb message to what seems to be her account additionally went unanswered.
The college is just not figuring out the victims due to federal privateness legal guidelines, a spokesperson stated.
Late Sunday afternoon, the web jail document recognized Rosing as “Jane Doe.” A college spokesperson confirmed that Rosing was the scholar who was arrested.
In his e mail to college students, Capilouto, the college president, stated the scholar worker sufferer “acted with professionalism, restraint and discretion.” The e-mail additionally provides that the varsity’s Workplace of Scholar Conduct has launched a direct evaluation of the assault and that its Scholar Success groups “are reaching out to the scholar victims who have been topic to this conduct to supply help.”
“To be clear: we condemn this conduct and won’t tolerate it beneath any circumstance,” Capilouto stated within the e mail, which promised to replace college students with extra particulars as they turn into out there. “The security and well-being of our neighborhood has been — and can proceed to be — our high precedence.”
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Requested whether or not Rosing remains to be enrolled on the faculty, a spokesperson stated officers “don’t communicate to scholar disciplinary processes whereas underway” and added that officers “can be speaking with college students and college tonight concerning the vary of sources we offer and can be offering.”
It’s the newest in a string of racist incidents on the faculty which have focused Black folks.
In 2020, the college banned a basketball fan from all future sports activities occasions after she shouted a racist slur — the identical one Rosing used — at a supporter of a visiting group. The fan — Ashley Lyles, who apologized in an announcement to NBC affiliate WLEX of Lexington — was not a scholar, a college spokesperson stated.
Previously, some college students additionally complained a few mural on campus, courting to 1934, that depicted what some stated have been enslaved Black folks. The mural was lined for greater than a yr as officers debated tips on how to deal with it earlier than it was unveiled once more in 2017 with a plaque subsequent to it offering context about its historical past, issues that had been raised about it over time and the way the college was working to make sure a extra inclusive surroundings.
A spokesperson stated that the college introduced plans to take away it after the homicide of George Floyd in 2020 and that the constructing that homes the mural has been closed since then.
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In 2008, a College of Kentucky scholar and one other man have been arrested and accused of hanging a life-size likeness of President-elect Barack Obama from a tree on the campus, an act that college officers condemned. A grand jury declined to indict the pair.
In response to these stories, a college spokesperson pointed to the varsity’s latest enhance in enrollment of scholars of colour — who now make up 16% of the scholar physique, in accordance with a September information launch — and the varsity’s ongoing range, fairness and inclusion initiatives.
Now that the ink has dried and his signing with Kentucky has been made official, Jasper Johnson was finally able to be formally introduced to the Rupp Arena crowd during the Wildcats’ 87-68 win over Western Kentucky on Tuesday night.
Johnson, a class of 2025 five-star point guard born and raised in Lexington, sat courtside with his family to check out his future team in action against the Hilltoppers. During the second half, former Kentucky player Ravi Moss brought out the future Wildcat to midcourt where he was met with a chorus of cheers from the packed crowd of Big Blue Nationites.
After initially committing to Kentucky back in September, Johnson signed the necessary papers to play his college basketball at UK earlier this month. He’s been inside Rupp Arena plenty of times before over the years (and even played here with Woodford County as a sophomore), but never while wearing street clothes as the center of attention in front of over 20,000 screaming fans.
The smile says all you need to know.
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Johnson is one of three signees from Mark Pope‘s first recruiting class as Kentucky’s head coach, joining four-star center Malachi Moreno and four-star point guard Acaden Lewis. The 6-foot-4 guard is ranked No. 14 overall in the nation by the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s currently finishing up his high school career at Overtime Elite as a member of Rod Wave Elite (RWE).
Alongside Tay Kinney, a talented class of 2026 guard who is also from Kentucky and is being recruited by Pope, the two Bluegrass natives form arguably the deadliest backcourt duo in all of OTE. Through five games played this season, Johnson is averaging 19.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per outing while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from deep.
This time next year, we’ll hopefully see him do the same thing in Kentucky blue and white.
Johnson family – Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Strack scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Teonni Key had 16 points and 13 rebounds and No. 14 Kentucky defeated Arizona State 77-61 on Tuesday in the Music City Classic to remain unbeaten.
Kentucky nearly had four players with double-doubles as Georgia Amoore added 20 points and nine rebounds and Amelia Hassett had eight points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats (6-0), who shot 42% and scored 13 points off 14 Arizona State turnovers.
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Jalyn Brown scored 16 points and Nevaeh Parkinson added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Sun Devils (3-3). Arizona State shot just 30%.
The Sun Devils cut a 19-point deficit to 11 after three quarters but a 6-0 burst with baskets by Key, Amoore and Strack built the lead back to 15 midway through the fourth.
Kentucky led 42-23 at halftime after outscoring the Sun Devils 27-9 in the second quarter, scoring the first 13 points of the period with Struck putting in the final seven in the run. A couple ASU free throws later, the Wildcats went on an 11-2 run capped by a Hassett 3 and the lead was 20. Strack scored 14 points and Key 10 in the half.
The teams continue play in the Music City Classic on Wednesday with Kentucky playing No. 19 Illinois and Arizona State facing South Dakota.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
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