{"id":150,"date":"2017-11-06T19:38:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/11\/06\/2017116in-case-you-missed-it-iphone-x-release-and-university-of-hartford-student-poisoning-case\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:51:53","slug":"2017116in-case-you-missed-it-iphone-x-release-and-university-of-hartford-student-poisoning-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/11\/06\/2017116in-case-you-missed-it-iphone-x-release-and-university-of-hartford-student-poisoning-case\/","title":{"rendered":"In case you missed it: University of Hartford student poisoning case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Shauna Golden<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, a University of Hartford student was arrested for a hate crime she committed against her roommate.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/breaking-news\/hc-br-west-hartford-student-arrest-20171101-story.html\">Hartford Courant<\/a>, freshman Brianna Brochu was arrested by the West Hartford Police Department. She was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace. Brochu confessed to police that she was guilty of licking her former roommate\u2019s eating utensils and smearing body fluids on her backpack.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartford.edu\/news\/press-releases\/2017\/10\/important-message-from-the-president.aspx\">press release<\/a> sent out by the university, President Gregory S. Woodward said, \u201cActs of racism, bullying, or other abusive behaviors will not be tolerated on (the campus).\u201d Gregory also added that he would do \u201ceverything in his power to work with the community to address related concerns together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victim of the crime, Chennel \u201cJazzy\u201d Rowe, posted a video to Facebook in which she described her experiences with her former roommate. Throughout the video, Rowe explains how unwelcome she constantly felt in her own room.<\/p>\n<p>   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjazzy.rowe.7%2Fvideos%2F1739654452736199%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rowe\u2019s story gained a large following on social media. On Twitter, users began adding the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2017\/11\/01\/university-hartford-student-who-rubbed-used-tampon-roommates-backpack-arrested\/820298001\/\">#JusticeforJazzy<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>to their tweets to ensure Rowe&#8217;s story would be heard and her former roommate would be punished for her crimes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Racism is dying out&quot; <br \/>&quot;It&#39;s the older white people&quot;<\/p>\n<p>You&#39;re wrong &amp; Brianna Brochu is the repulsive undeniable example. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForJazzy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForJazzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; . (@NATIONPMMM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NATIONPMMM\/status\/925714474488778752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bullying? You got to be kidding me. This was a crime! Shame on you for trying to minimize this and alienating the victim. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/justiceforjazzy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#justiceforjazzy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DFj4aWLo0z\">https:\/\/t.co\/DFj4aWLo0z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kathy Hawkins (@katlavellehawk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katlavellehawk\/status\/925554861847887873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People rallying by UHart with signs that say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/justiceforjazzy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#justiceforjazzy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFLkBH0EgT\">pic.twitter.com\/cFLkBH0EgT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carmen Chau (@CChauFOX61) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CChauFOX61\/status\/925825594834800640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brochu will appear in Hartford Superior Court on Nov. 15. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2017\/11\/02\/hundreds-hartford-students-voice-concerns-meeting-amid-fallout-from-brianna-brochu-case\/M8WKGUoLgdNeU2heuvGKmM\/story.html\">Boston Globe<\/a>, she is currently out on $1,000 bail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, there will be a &#8220;March for Justice&#8221; on Nov. 8 that will begin at 5 p.m. The march will begin at the University of Hartford and end at the West Hartford Police Department.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForJazzy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForJazzy<\/a> news, there\u2019s a March for Justice on Wed, 11\/8, leaving from Hartford campus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5pm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@5pm<\/a> (setup starts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3PM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@3pm<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hasaniblakejr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hasaniblakejr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w4ooeSBBfC\">pic.twitter.com\/w4ooeSBBfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jasmine salters (@backofftrack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/backofftrack\/status\/927554641130291201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shauna Golden Over the weekend, a University of Hartford student was arrested for a hate crime she committed against her roommate. According to the Hartford Courant, freshman Brianna Brochu was arrested by the West Hartford Police Department. She was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace. Brochu confessed to police that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/11\/06\/2017116in-case-you-missed-it-iphone-x-release-and-university-of-hartford-student-poisoning-case\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In case you missed it: University of Hartford student poisoning case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[98,99],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-racism","tag-university-of-hartford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}