- A white supremacist manifesto was sent to phones of students studying late at night in a library at Syracuse University in New York, the student newspaper The Daily Orange reported after an email about the incident went out across campus.
- The 74-page manifesto reportedly belonged to the New Zealand gunman behind the Christchurch mosque shootings earlier this year.
- The incident follows Syracuse University banning all fraternity activities after a black student said members of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity called her the N-word.
- "Since Nov. 7, there have been 11 reported hate crimes around SU targeting black, Asian and Jewish people," The Daily Orange reported.
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A white supremacist manifesto was allegedly sent to phones of students studying late at night in a library at Syracuse University in New York, according to an email sent to students by the Department of Public Safety.
The 74-page manifesto reportedly belonged to the New Zealand gunman behind the Christchurch mosque shootings earlier this year, which included neo-Nazi imagery, The Daily Orange, the university's independent student newspaper, reported. DPS said there is no immediate danger in connection with the library incident.
The manifesto was allegedly AirDropped — an Apple service that allows iPhone users to send files via Bluetooth and WiFi — to students' cellphones in the Bird Library around 1 a.m. local time Tuesday, multiple students told the student newspaper. A link to the document was later discovered on a forum page on Greenrank.com around 10:30 p.m.
The incident follows Syracuse University banning all fraternity activities after a black student said members of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity called her the N-word, Insider's Ashley Collman reported.
"Since Nov. 7, there have been 11 reported hate crimes around SU targeting black, Asian and Jewish people," The Daily Orange reported. "#NotAgainSU protesters are conducting a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch with a list of demands for the university."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded to the incident in a tweet, condemning the recent "hateful acts."
"This nation faces many issues, but at the top of the list is the growing racial, ethnic and religious division that attempts to make diversity a weakness rather than a strength," Cuomo continued. "We see it all across the nation and even across the great state of New York."
He called on the Board of Trustees to investigate the "surge of hate crimes," adding that "this bigotry must be handled strongly, swiftly, and justly."
"Syracuse University and its leadership have failed to do that," he said in a statement. "It is your obligation to remedy the situation immediately."
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