It has been over a year since Robert Champion died of wounds allegedly inflicted by a group of Florida A&M University band members in a hazing incident that left parents across the country outraged and afraid for their own college-age children and calling for justice. Last May, ten of the band members involved were charged [...]
Source: ESPN ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors are charging 12 former Florida A&M University band members with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Ten of the band members had been charged last May with felony hazing for the death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, but prosecutors said Monday they are raising the charges [...]
Source: AP / theGrio ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorneys for Florida A&M University on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a drum major who died last year after being hazed by fellow band members, claiming Robert Champion was a willing participant in the ritual. University attorney Richard Mitchell [...]
Source: Kari Huus / NBC News The first of 12 defendants in the deadly hazing case of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion was sentenced by an Orlando court on Monday. Brian Jones, 23, avoided a jail term, but was sentenced to six months of community supervision — a strict monitoring arragement that requires an ankle monitor [...]
Source: AP / theGrio ATLANTA — The parents of a Florida A&M drum major who died during a hazing ritual say the school’s response to their lawsuit shows officials are not taking responsibility for the safety of students. Pam and Robert Champion Sr. said Thursday at a news conference in Atlanta that they were disappointed [...]
Source: CNN Florida A&M University has asked a judge to drop a lawsuit against it, saying the school bears no responsibility for the hazing death of a drum major last year. Robert Champion, 26, was well aware of what he was getting into and participated in a hazing ritual despite school rules against it, [...]
Source: Korva Coleman / NPR Florida A&M University, which is dealing with the deadly effects of hazing, has suspended another student group over new allegations of cruel treatment. In a statement released to member station WFSU, the university says the Torque Dance Team has been suspended immediately after a hazing incident reportedly occurred off campus last weekend. Interim university president [...]
Source: AP / Atalanta Journal Constition TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University is keeping its interim president as it searches for a permanent leader and tries to rebuild its image after a culture of hazing was uncovered. Trustees on Wednesday officially confirmed Larry Robinson as interim president. Robinson had been serving as the school’s provost [...]
Source: AP / Black America Web TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M President James Ammons has resigned the same day parents of a drum major who died after being hazed added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit. Ammons resigned Wednesday in a letter to the university governing board. Robert Champion died in November after being [...]
Source: Michael King / 11Alive.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University top administrators knew about recent hazing incidents within the famed Marching 100 and the police chief called for the band to be barred from playing at the Florida Classic football game three days before drum major Robert Champion died there following a November hazing. Notes from [...]
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