New Documents Describe Brutal Hazing That Killed FAMU Drum Major [View all]

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by Eyder Peralta

Robert Champion agreed to go into Bus C because he was vying for the top job at Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band and thought it would impress his band mates.

But that hazing ritual — a relentless, brutal beating — would cost him his life. That's the picture painted by a cache of new documents released today in Florida.

The New York Times reports:

"Hours after performing at the Florida Classic, a football game in Orlando, Mr. Champion, 26, a drum major, entered the dark bus and was pummeled with hands, drumsticks and straps on Nov. 19. Band members crammed into the bus and struck and kicked Mr. Champion as he slowly tried to walk past to touch the back of the bus. Once he did that, the ritual dubbed "crossing Bus C" would be complete.

"Mr. Champion made it to the back and then collapsed. He died shortly after of "hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt-force trauma," according to the medical examiner's report."

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/23/153530174/new-documents-describe-brutal-hazing-that-killed-famu-drum-major

I hope each and every one of the vile little fucks that did this get convicted and go to prison for a long fucking time. And Dr. Ammons, the University President should be fired.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/page/FAMU-hazing/culture-hazing-florida-university-band-members-continued-years