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# NameComments
2001 Ruth Henrichs
2002 Hilary Anne MacDonald
2003 Shannon Weatherup
2004 Tayla Bloom
2005 John CiporaAs an educator (HCC adjunct faculty) and a UMASS alumni (M.Ed. 2006, Ed.D. 2008), I am deeply troubled by the racially-inflected nature of the charges against Jason Vassell. It is incumbent upon us all as concerned citizens and members of the UMASS Amherst community to speak out against such abuses of the legal system. The zeal of the prosecutors is clearly being used against the wrong individual. I strongly support judicial review of the particulars of this case. John Cipora, Ed.D.
2006 Madison WangThis is ridiculous, jason should get an award for fighting off those assholes.
2007 Matt Stofflet
2008 Johanna Fitzgerald
2009 Anonymous
2010 Chioma Egwuenu
2011 Anonymous
2012 Ariana Chapin
2013 Brett Amidon
2014 Stephanie LaBelle
2015 Kathleen Anderson
2016 Matthew BairEveryone has the right to protect themselves. This would not be a case and there would be no charges if it was a white man who defended himself against two people invading his/ her home. The legal system should be ashamed and see this as evidence of a racist police and judicial system. I am from Michigan, and don't know of many people who would blame Jason for his actions given that his home was being invaded. I am surprised to see such racism coming from what I presumed to be a State ahead in Human Rights and Equality.
2017 Derek Walsh
2018 Danielle S. Marble
2019 Jamie Sadiq
2020 Jared Barney
2021 Jessica Gay
2022 Anonymous
2023 Kate Rusk
2024 Brittany Cohen
2025 Kevin Kennedy
2026 Elizabeth Kirby
2027 Kimberly Koffie
2028 AnonymousIt is of concern to me that someone who is the victim of a hate crime is charged with serious offenses, and that one of the perpetrators is not charged. I hope that justice will prevail and that the charges against Jason Vassell will be dropped.
2029 Terry Herr
2030 Rachel SmithThe charges brought against Jason are wrong. Too many people in today's society get away with racial hate crimes and it needs to stop.
2031 Michael Mathewson
2032 Ruth Killough-Hill
2033 Diana HerreraThis is outrageous! Hate crimes are unforgivable. Where the hell was campus security?? What about his assailants? Are they going to jail???
2034 Samantha Horan
2035 Polina VolfovichIn this day and age this should be an embarassment to the whole country, let alone the so called "progressive" Amherst and The Valley. Let Jason GO! NOW!
2036 Mary SantiagoI'm glad to support Jason. What happen to him is a travesty of justice in every way.
2037 Larissa MukundwaMay justice prevail. REAL Justice that is.
2038 Katherine Prince
2039 Jason williams
2040 Anonymous
2041 Elizabeth Rivenburgh
2042 Anonymous
2043 Sonia Fontes
2044 Kelley HamaouiIt is outrageous that the attackers, especially one with a previous criminal reord of racially motivated violence would merely be charged with misdemeanors while a bright young college student with no previous criminal record would be charged with felonies for DEFENDING himself. It is an absolute disgrace to the American justice system and makes me ashamed that things like this are still happening 40 years after Martin Luther King's Civil Rights Movement.
2045 George Hamaoui Jr.This is a sick twist of the legal system against someone trying to defend himself from attackers. Any intelligent prosecutor and/or judge would review this case and greatly reduce or drop the charges against Jason.
2046 AnonymousGood luck Jason, may justice prevail.
2047 Regina Dyton
2048 Conan M. Schein
2049 Gary BroderickThis is not okay!
2050 Rona Yee

 

Signatures | Total: 2,211