At least five possible hate crime incidents at Stanford University since the Israel-Hamas war’s onset are under investigation, including an apparent hit-and-run crash involving an Arab Muslim student, according to the university’s public safety department.

The student was struck by a car Friday afternoon, authorities said.

“The victim reported that the driver made eye contact with the victim, accelerated and struck the victim, and then drove away while shouting, ‘f*** you people,’” according to a news release from the Stanford Department of Public Safety.

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When you do it with a gun, the headline says “murdered.”

    When you do it with a car, the headline says “struck in hit-and-run.”

    Sure, they’re investigating it as the deliberate hate crime it is, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a car-apologist double-standard.

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      1 year ago

      The person hit didn’t die, though? No one was “murdered.”

      The victim’s injuries were not life-threatening, the university said.