GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A law professor and former federal prosecutor questioned why a Gettysburg College student who allegedly had a racial slur etched on his chest has refused to speak with police about the incident.
“Let me be clear,” F. Lee Francis, a law professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg and a former federal prosecutor, said Friday. “I don’t think that by saying questions are outstanding means that we are denying the person’s experience or saying that what they have experienced or believe is wrong.”
“But we do need to make sure we have our facts in order,” Francis continued. “How does something like this happen? It makes me wonder why the person would would go to the media rather than going to the police if something as serious as a hate crime really did occur.”
Francis made his comments after Adams County District Attorney Brian Sinnett confirmed earlier Friday that both he and Gettysburg Police first learned about the incident from the media — not the student or his family — after the family released statements to the media, and that the student declined to pursue charges and refused to speak with police.
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