Student posts $10,000 bail in Washington racial threats case

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP

SEATTLE (AP) — A Western Washington University student posted $10,000 bail Tuesday evening after he was arrested on campus Monday and accused of making racial threats against black students and others on social media.

Tysen Campbell, 19, has not been charged, but the Whatcom County prosecutor's office has scheduled an arraignment for Dec. 11.

University officials say the sophomore who was a pole vaulter on the WWU track team has been suspended and banned from campus pending the outcome of legal proceedings and the university's student conduct process.

Administrators canceled classes Nov. 24, the day before the scheduled Thanksgiving break, after learning about racist remarks on social media that included threats of violence against student body president Belina Seare, who is black.

FULL story at link.


Western Washington University student Tysen Campbell, left, makes his first appearance with his attorney Bob Butler, as he is charged with malicious harassment in Whatcom Superior Court in Bellingham, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Bail was set at $10,000 Tuesday for the Western Washington University student arrested on campus and accused of making racial threats against black students and others on social media. (Philip A. Dwyer/The Bellingham Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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[SoapBox]

1. Another arrogant idiot...

They never get a clue.

[virgogal]

2. Man,they are tough. The lady in New Jersey who made threats had no bail at all.

[brooklynite]

3. Good - my niece is going to WWU

[joshcryer]

4. It's about time social media threats start getting enforced.

It's one thing to say some nasty crap about people, it's another thing entirely to threaten them.

[Turbineguy]

5. A lifetime

of Fox News would be my guess.