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Partiers Mock Trayvon Martin, Throw Bottles at Black Women from Cornell Frat Roof « Student Activism

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Partiers Mock Trayvon Martin, Throw Bottles at Black Women from Cornell Frat Roof

A group of partiers on the roof of a Cornell frat house allegedly taunted black students and threw objects — including an empty Jack Daniels bottle — at them as they passed on the street.
Beverly Fonkwo, a sophomore, says she and a friend were walking home when people began throwing things at them from the Sigma Pi roof. When she confronted the crowd, she says, they threw more trash and a full beer can, saying “come on up here, Trayvon” and making other racist remarks.