tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60827327435379955182011-04-21T11:57:33.707-07:00Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732817333965518124noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082732743537995518.post-10353010788977379042008-10-31T21:53:00.000-07:002008-10-31T21:59:37.502-07:00To think that this is 2008 and this is happening. It makes me both angry and sad. Angry for the obvious reason that I am a graduate of UK, and these two individuals have smeared the University with their actions. I am sad because they did not know any better.<br /><br />I suppose this was intended as a joke (NOT FUNNY), or that it was in response to the sick individual who made a Halloween display featuring a hanging Sarah Palin and a burning John McCain. I also find that action indefensible.<br /><br />With our country on the verge of an historic election, it seems that tensions will remain on edge. A sad commentary on where we are and how far we still have to go.<br /><br />updated 10:24 p.m. EDT, Thu October 30, 2008<br /><br /><br />Two arrested after Obama effigy found on campus<br />STORY HIGHLIGHTS<br />Effigy of Sen. Barack Obama was hung at University of Kentucky, police say <br />University of Kentucky senior, another man arrested<br />Men arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, burglary and theft<br />Next Article in Crime »<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />(CNN) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with an effigy of Sen. Barack Obama that was hung outside a building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, police said Thursday.<br /><br /><br />Joe Fischer and Hunter Bush were arrested on disorderly conduct and other charges, police said.<br /><br />Authorities found a life-size effigy of the Democratic presidential candidate hanging from a tree outside the school's Mines and Minerals building on Wednesday morning, police said.<br /><br />Police said they arrested Joe Fischer, 22, a senior at the university, and Hunter Bush, 21, a former student at Bluegrass Community and Technical College.<br /><br />"This was a serious incident. It caused a lot of wounds to be opened from racial tension," said University of Kentucky acting police chief Joe Monroe.<br /><br />After following leads and conducting interviews, investigators determined that Fischer and Bush had asked members of a University of Kentucky fraternity for items to make the effigy but did not tell the fraternity members why they wanted them, Monroe said.<br /><br />Fischer and Bush were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, burglary and theft by unlawful taking, police said. The burglary and theft charges involve allegedly removing items from a room in the fraternity house.<br /><br />"We had a pre-established dialogue with this fraternity, and they spoke to us very openly and freely," Monroe said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6082732743537995518-1035301078897737904?l=osarental.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732817333965518124noreply@blogger.com0