A Twist — Not Really — in Trinity Assault Case
It has been confirmed by a high ranking employee of the college that all suspects in the assault on Chris Kenny are students from Trinity. It is expected that the Hartford Police Department will be making arrests after students return from Spring Break.
While this individual could not speak on the record, this statement was made in a public setting today.
UPDATE: I have received many emails and comments about this article. Rather than respond to all of them individually, I will use this space to clear up some questions.
While rumors had circulated about this information for weeks, I refused to publish them because they were simply coming from faculty and students who had been getting their information secondhand. When this Trinity employee spoke in public yesterday it was not to me, but everyone in the space could hear this conversation. It should be noted that this employee’s position requires being informed about this matter. Naming the individual could result in the loss of that person’s job, but those who have consistently read Real Hartford know that I do not print gossip nor invent information.
Furthermore, this article should not be construed as an attack upon the victim. While the employee had disclosed other details about the case, I opted to not publish those because they could be damaging to the case.
I chose to publish this information because from the start a vocal minority repeated the rumor that the attackers were from the local community. It is unjust to allow residents to worry about the potential of random assaults when we have reliable information that suggests the public is not in danger.
UPDATE: (27 March) To be clear, the information being reported was not invented by me. I am simply acting as the messenger, reporting on what was spoken loudly and clearly by a Trinity employee. If that person’s statement lacks truth, then it reflects poorly on a high-ranking employee making such comments, particularly when advised by the Trinity administration not to speculate on the case.
UPDATE: (15 May 2012) The Courant finally gets around to publishing information that has been circulating since March: “Internal Trinity Report: ‘Preppy-looking White Males’ Assaulted Student.”
UPDATE: (4 July 2012) Published on a holiday, the equivalent of publishing on a Friday afternoon, the Courant quotes political leaders calling out Trinity for mishandling the assault case. As a bonus, this is done during the summer when most students are no longer on campus.
We should wall up Trinity and keep those violent students inside the walls so the rest of Hartford can stay safe.
I’m assuming this is sarcasm.
I’m a student at Trinity, I am Black, and I also hope that comment was sarcasm, but in all seriousness–I simply wish to post a blog article I’d written a few weeks ago
http://mobthenewgeneration.blogspot.com/2012/03/thought-for-moment-trinity-college-and.html
“I chose to publish this information because from the start a vocal minority repeated the rumor that the attackers were from the local community. It is unjust to allow residents to worry about the potential of random assaults when we have reliable information that suggests the public is not in danger.”
Thank you Kerri for this. As a person who walks almost everywhere and anywhere and anyone else who uses their feet to get around we all can appreciate your diligence in bringing these matters to us Hartford Residents. As a resident of Frog Hollow I am more than interested as this is my home territory. Thinking that there are young women jumping out of cars beating folks up is a bit too much. I got enough to worry about with the skunks I see in the early hours.
We all know there must be more to this than meets the eye or ear. Talk about building walls there seems to be a wall of silence surrounding the truth. I walk after dark and in the very early morning and never have had any trouble. Many cars pass me by and no one jumps out and beats me up. Maybe I look like a can collector when I am out with my laundry cart but I don’t know. Something is fishy, real fishy.
Keep up the great work you do in investigating and searching for the truth. Know full well that we your readers support you and your writing 100%.