TUSKEGEE (Cascade Publishing)
According to several parents who have students attending Tuskegee University, a Tuskegee student was shot in the leg over the weekend. The name of the student has not been released, but it is believed that the student is from the metropolitan Atlanta area.
Anonymous sources inside the Tuskegee City Police Department said, “the student was shot while attending a hip-hop concert in the Daniel “Chappie” James Center.” However, the City of Tuskegee has left the investigation of the incident up to the Tuskegee University Police Department. A call to the university’s Chief of Police, Patrick Mardis, seeking information about the shooting was not returned by publication time. Also, messages left with the president’s office and the public information office were not returned.
Last month Tuskegee students demonstrated during a visit to the campus by the board of trustees. They demanded that the Board fire President Brian Johnson due to a lack of concern for the safety and well being of students among other campus issues.
The students objected to efforts to construct a security fence around Grey Columns, the antebellum mansion, which serves as the president’s residence, while the campus lacks sufficient lighting and other security measures to keep students safe while on campus.
The board elected to ignore the student concerns.
Students were enjoying the hip-hop beats of Young Thug when several fights broke out, then a single shot rang out in the venue, according to sources inside the concert.
Young Thug is an up and coming musical talent from Atlanta, Georgia.
“He’s got a mouth full of gold, a lip piercing, and a septum piercing. He wears nail polish and tight t-shirts,” according to Complex.Com. His lyrics feature four-lettered words beginning with “F” and some beginning with “S.” He sings about using drugs and “eating pudding.”
Several graduates of the university contacted Cascade Publishing questioning the administration’s decision to allow a hip-hop artist with Young Thug’s penchant for negative and destructive lyrics to come onto campus.
One university employee stated “it was no surprise for Young Thug to be allowed on campus because President Johnson regularly quotes the lyrics of hip-hop artists in his daily social media postings.”
Parents of current students are questioning how a student could attend a hip-hop concert on campus and not be checked for weapons before entering the concert venue.
When officials at the university return our telephone calls we will update this report.
Harold Michael Harvey, is the author of the legal thriller “Paper Puzzle,” and “Justice in the Round: Essays on the American Jury System,” available at Amazon and at haroldmichaelharvey.com. He can be contacted at [email protected]
It seems as if the administration’s culture of the university has changed, when a hip-hop artist gets more respect than parents and the media! Just saying!
Yall blame President Johnson for the ignorance of my peers. Parents should have taught their children how to act before even coming to college. Its not the presidents fault that our generation is plagued by violence. This tragic incident could of happened at any place where that many students were in one place. It could have been a gospel concert, yall parents dont understand how much of this is YOUR own fault. President Johnson didn’t raise YOUR children to be ignorant students, YOU failed to educate us about the negativity of the society we live in so GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN FIRE PRESIDENT JOHNSON BUT I PROMISE THAT WON’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT STUDENTS GET SHOT, FIGHT AND ACT BELLIGERENT.
We’ll yall have the story wrong . The two boys that got jump during the concert is the reason why all this happened . They got stumped out for been disrespectful and Gang banging while the performance . The two guys don’t even attend the school , they are from Atlanta and were down at tuskegee with his GF kaylen and her friend. One of the two girls was holding the gun for the suspects during the concert . After the brawl only one of the suspects got arrested the other one got away and he was the one that shot towards a crowd outside the parking lot and fled the scene. Funny part is that they still around, cough cough you could find them in AU!
Y’all so right although I don’t agree with having president Johnson in office the students need to take they responsibility upon themselves.. Shamaye Dixon and kaelyn Collins always getting into some shyt this is not the first run in they have had either Smh. Same goes with the rest of these ATL bay bay kids. They need to get it together
The behavior of TU Students dose not have anything to do with the president. These students are so disrespectful towards each other and staff and if they don’t get their way then they want to go to the news.
Breaking News…The whole TU college in its entirety is blindeded by the fact that they allow the students to run the school, just go over there any given day and pay attention to how they are up and down the campus cursing and being disrespectful to visitors and the cafeteria they leave food, dishes and trash all over the tables, the floor and window sills and no one makes them get them. The students run T U and that’s a shame that a college of such prestige has gone to HELL.
bitch shut the fuck up. You obviously don’t know shit.
Young man, I usually do not allow people who use vile language and resort to name calling to comment on my blog. However, I am making an exception for your vile comment because it proves that what the lady wrote about Tuskegee students engage in cursing an disrespect for others is actually true. Your reprehensive language proves that she indeed knows what she is talking about. It is shameful that your Tuskegee experience can not teach you a better way to communicate. In the future you are welcome to comment on my blog, but you will not be allowed to use uncivil language or to call anyone out of their name. If you insist upon doing so, I will turn your abusive language over to the FBI for cyber bullying prosecution.
Young Tuskegee student, I am an alum of Tuskegee and my parents did not need to teach me how to at the university. Students need to be responsible themselves. SMDH!
this is exactly why I opted out of attending graduation next month. My Tuskegee experience has not been similar to that of my peers because I wasn’t raised to engage in vile and lewd behavior. Few of my peers have pride in the way they carry themselves, and while the administration is definitely corrupt, the students also lack decency and humility. They remain fraudulent behind they’re Tuskegee gentleman and woman attire. They are, in fact, very common.
I understand.