May 26 2012 - Defendant claims drum major wanted to be hazed
A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a criminal defendant in the case said in a deposition released Wednesday. |
May 26 2012 - Defendant: FAMU band drum major wanted to be hazed
A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a defendant in the case said in a deposition released Wednesday |
May 26 2012 - New Evidence Released in FAMU Hazing Death
A Florida A&M University drum major who died after enduring a school hazing ritual aboard a bus had asked to be hazed in an effort to earn respect, a criminal defendant said in court documents released Wednesday. |
May 26 2012 - Rubio Plans Swings State Book Tour
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) "is planning a swing-state summer bus tour that will also roll through South Carolina, the early presidential primary battleground," the Miami Herald reports. "It's officially aimed at selling books, not winning votes, but the freshman senator and possible vice presidential pick is set to make multiple stops not just in his home state of Florida but also in North Carolina ... |
May 26 2012 - 2 Pasco students hurt in school bus crash
Two Pasco County students were taken to an area hospital Friday afternoon after the school bus they were traveling in was rear ended by a vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said. |
May 26 2012 - Rubio plans to sell books in swing states
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is planning a swing-state summer bus tour that will also roll through South Carolina, the early presidential primary battleground. |
May 25 2012 - Band mates say FAMU victim volunteered to be hazed
Robert Champion was known for his opposition to the hazing rampant in the Florida A&M University marching band, but he was vying to be lead drum major and wanted the respect he could earn by enduring a brutal ritual known as "crossing over." With chances for initiation ending with the football season, fellow band members say, Champion agreed to run through a bus lined with people kicking and ... |
May 25 2012 - Arrests Continue in Champion Hazing Case
FAMU Marching 100 May 03, 2012 | WMFE - Three people are now in custody charged in the hazing-related death of a Florida A&M University band drum major. 26-year-old Robert Champion died after being beaten in a hazing ritual aboard the band's chartered bus in Orlando in November. Almost six months after Champion died, charges have been filed against 13 people in connection with his death. The ... |
May 25 2012 - New Documents Describe Brutal Hazing That Killed FAMU Drum Major
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: |
May 25 2012 - VSP Busts Twin Brothers Wanted For Florida Murder
Press release from the City of Palm Bay, Florida: (Palm Bay)--Two suspects are now in custody, captured in Virginia by Virginia State Police, facing murder charges following the Wednesday afternoon shooting |
May 25 2012 - FAMU fatal hazing: Blow by blow
Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion walked into the darkness of Bus C in a parking lot in Orlando, Florida, last fall in the hope of gaining respect from his fellow band members. It was his time to "cross-over." Hours later, he died. |
May 25 2012 - Witnesses detail fatal FAMU beating
Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion walked into the darkness of Bus C in a parking lot in Orlando, Florida, last fall in the hope of gaining respect from his fellow band members. |
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