Army Lt. Richard Collins killed by intoxicated neo-Nazi on U of MD campus
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Authorities are investigating whether the stabbing death of a black college student who was visiting the University of Maryland during graduation weekend was a hate crime.
The chief of the university police said Sunday the suspect, a white University of Maryland student, is a member of a racist Facebook group. An FBI official said the federal agency will assist with the investigation.
The victim, identified by police Sunday as Richard Collins III, was due to graduate from Bowie State University this week. The Calvert County man had completed ROTC in college and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army on Thursday, according to school officials and a family spokesman. He was 23.
Police have charged Sean Christoper Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park with first-degree murder in the attack.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-umd-stabbing-arrest-20170521-story.html
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Live in the DC area. Take this one with a grain of salt & try not to inject politics into it. The initial reports was this was drinking by both sides got out of hand, and then after reviewing the perp's social media account, they decided whoops, there might be a hate crime. I'm always suspicious when the initial report is so vastly different from what's being alleged. The lawyer in me speaking.