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Student arrested over Va. Tech remarks
(AP)
Updated: 2007-04-19 06:07
BOULDER, Colo. - A University of Colorado student was arrested after
making comments that classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman
blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech, authorities
said.
During a class discussion of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech, the
student "made comments about understanding how someone could kill 32
people," university police Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said.
Several witnesses told investigators the student said he was "angry about
all kinds of things from the fluorescent light bulbs to the unpainted
walls, and it made him angry enough to kill people," according to a
police report. Witnesses "said they were afraid of him and afraid to come
to class with him," Wiesley said.
The student, identified by police as Max Karson of Denver, was arrested
Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with staff, faculty or students of an
education institution. He had a court appearance set for Wednesday
afternoon.
His father, Michael Karson, told the Camera newspaper that the comments
may have been misinterpreted and questioned whether his son's free speech
rights had been violated.
"I would have hoped that state officials would know their First Amendment
better than they seem to," he said.
University spokesman Bronson Hilliard said privacy laws prevented him
from releasing personal information about the student.
At Oregon's Lewis & Clark College, another student was detained by campus
police Wednesday shortly before a vigil for the Virginia Tech victims
when he was spotted wearing an ammunition belt. Portland police later
determined that it was "a fashion accessory" made of spent ammunition,
and said the man did not have a weapon. The belt was confiscated.
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