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Sophia Rosing was banned from the University of Kentucky campus after the incident

A college student who went on a drunken tirade using the n-word 200 times will now head to jail for a year.

Sophia Rosing, a former student at the University of Kentucky, became infamous in 2022 for her rant that was captured on video and shared on social media. In the video, Rosing was caught using the slur at a fellow student and assaulting her.

Rosing previously pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault and other charges. When she entered her plea, she apologized to fellow student Kylah Spring and members of the Black community.

This week, a judge in Kentucky sentenced Rosing to 12 months in custody and 100 hours of community service, according to Lex 18.

In the infamous video Spring said that Rosing struck her numerous times and kicked her in the stomach. As Spring is explaining what happened to her, Rosing can be heard yelling at her in the background, calling the Black student the n-word and a "b****" throughout the footage.

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Imagine saying the n-word 100 times in an assault on someone and only being halfway done. 😬

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How was this not elevated to a hate crime? That sentance is weak sauce for a racially motivated attack

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That is apparently determined at sentencing in Kentucky.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45774

So blame the judge.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's hard not to just be blunt here. She's a white girl. Sentencing guidelines and police protocols are different for people matching that description. It's a known, researched phenomenon.

It's not unreasonable to say that the police work for non-impoverished, non-overweight white women. It's noticeable in how quick white women are to call the police and think the police will help with a problem.

Statistically, you are roughly about 1000% more likely to experience police violence if you are not a white woman.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

It's not really for being a white girl, it's primarily for being a girl.

Women get 63% lighter sentences for the same crimes as men ( https://academic.oup.com/aler/article-abstract/17/1/127/212179 ), while there is no racial gap between white and another race, whether among men, or women, that's even half that wide ( https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/2023-demographic-differences-federal-sentencing ).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Can you now address their bizarre assertion that the police only work for slim people?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Not good enough. Her victim says she's clearly not remorseful.

She should be kept in prison until she really understands what she did wrong.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Good. I remember seeing that video back when this all happened and she’s a vile piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know they say that drinking alcohol kind of reveals who you are inside. Well we now know who she really is. The assault confirms that.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Eh. Maybe a glass or two. At this level, you're just fishing around for violent thrills.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is "higher" education in US?

Clearly there is a problem at the primary level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They're all just different tiers of parasitic businesses, intent on sucking up taxpayer funds to feed their bloated administrative staff. The "education" is secondary to revenue streams, and has been for decades.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

"That's a feature, not a bug." –Republicans

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I don't know but they beat me to it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully lawyers that can fine her separately for each and every one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

can you get fined for saying a word in a country with the first amendment? how dumb is this even if what she did was wrong its not illegal to say the N word. The assault however she should get in legal trouble for.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like 4 minutes of straight up repeating the n-word. Besides her racism, how fucked up she was to vomit out that long of a manifesto?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's like coprolalia, only IRL I've only met people inserting "бля епты" instead of pauses, sometimes f-words.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Да даже пусть она использовала н-ворд как междометие перед каждым словом, либо она стремилась к достижению мирового рекорда, либо она не фильтровала базар зачитывая целый получасовой спич. Я не вижу как она могла кидать предъявы и накинуть 200 таких слов в процессе. В любом случае, говно она а не человек и я её сорт на вкус определять не вызвусь.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Anyone else getting serious larval-stage-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene vibes from this mug shot or just me?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

I’m reminded of the “Asians in the library” chick from like 10 years ago or something.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

I'm getting "crazy ex girlfriend" vibes from her. The type that would fake a pregnancy, break out your car windows, and stalk you for years after the fact.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Hey you leave them out of this. Ocean Avenue is a treasure.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My faith in humanity significantly decreases daily...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On the other hand, she did get convicted and is facing some consequences, so that's a small bright spot in the story.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only if you read the news, which is designed to repeat horrible things all day.

Fortunately you can reverse-engineer it: don't read the news, and your faith in humanity will increase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Also, don't go outside, or interact with humanity in any way. "Ignorance is bliss."

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