A University of Kentucky student was arrested after using a racial slur and attacking two other students.
Sophia was arrested on charges of intoxication in a public place, third-degree assault on a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct just before 4 a.m.
The video shows a woman using a racial slur as she strikes a woman at a front desk. The student tried to restrain the man who appeared to be drunk in the video.
Eli Capilouto told students in an email that the victim asked if he could stop. The video says what I had to deal with at work.
"I don't think so," Rosing says.
The victim says that she doesn't get paid enough for her work.
A person is recording an assault.
The video shows two people trying to place a third person in a chair. It's not clear if she struck the first victim or the second one.
The video ends with a white male police officer handcuffing a woman in a dorm as she continues to use a racial slur.
Nobody answered any of the phone numbers that were public. The message to her account on Facebook went unanswered.
The victims are not being identified because of federal privacy laws.
The online jail record identified her as Jane. The student who was arrested was identified by a university spokesman.
Capilouto said in his email that the student employee acted with professionalism, restraint and discretion. The school's Office of Student Conduct has launched an immediate review of the assault and is reaching out to the student victims who were subject to this behavior to offer support, according to the email.
"We condemn this behavior and will not tolerate it under any circumstance," Capilouto said in the email, which promised to update students with more details as they become available. Our top priority has been the safety and well-being of our community.
Officials at the school don't speak to student discipline processes while underway and will communicate with students and faculty tonight about the range of resources they have.
There have been a number of racist incidents at the school.
The university banned a basketball fan from future sports events after she shouted a racist slur at a supporter. A university spokesman said that the fan was not a student.
Some students complained about a mural on the campus that depicted Black people as slaves. The mural was covered for more than a year as officials debated how to handle it before it was unveiled again in 2017, with a plaque next to it giving context about its history and how the university was working to ensure a more inclusive environment.
The building that houses the mural has been closed since the university decided to remove it after George Floyd was murdered.
In 2008 a University of Kentucky student and another man were arrested and accused of hanging a life-size likeness of President-elect Barack Obama from a tree on the campus. The pair weren't indicted by a grand jury.
A university spokesman pointed to the school's recent increase in the number of students of color and the school's ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The article was first published on NBC News.
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