A student-led demonstration outside Bricker Hall, where the President’s office is located. Credit: Jack Long | Managing Editor for Digital Content A series of emails has left Ohio State’s Black student body questioning the fairness of the university’s responses to racist crimes. A public safety notice sent out by the university on Thursday detailed hate crimes, classified by the university that happened Sept. 2 involving two Black suspects, one male and one female, who were charged with felonious assault and assault. At the time this email was sent, the race of the victims of the crimes were not identified. University Police Chief Kimberly Spears-McNatt said that the university was required to report the incidents as hate crimes and aggravated assaults as they met requirements under the Jeanne Clery Act, a federal law which requires institutions of higher learning to report certain crimes that occur on or near their campuses. In…
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