The Parents of FAMU Marching 100 drum major Robert Champion plans to sue the historically black university’s long-time charter bus company, Fabulous Coach Lines, for the hazing death of their son. The Champions allege the company knew, or should have known, that hazing took place on their buses.
Some black news sites are going overboard reporting that Robert Champion was gay. Um, who cares? Unless his sexual orientation was the reason why he was beaten to death, then it’s quite irrelevant. We had previously heard about him being gay, but we declined on reporting about it because if the police were told this when they characterized his death a result of hazing and didn’t connect the two to say this was a hate crime, then why throw it out there? I’m sure Robert Champion wasn’t the first homosexual to pledge a fraternity.
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