ST. LOUIS-Benjamin Elliot, an 18-year-old from Missouri is charged with writing n-word-expletive on a sculpture at the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The St. Louis American reports:
For the second time in as many years The University of Missouri – Columbia campus has fallen victim to a hate crime during Black History Month.
Last year cotton balls were sprinkled throughout the black student building…and this year Elliot stands charged with spray painting “[n-word expletive] History Month” on a campus statue.
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