Even before Abdul tried to kill a bunch of non-Muslims for the crime of being non-Muslim with a car and butcher knife, the OSU Lantern helped paint him as a victim, suffering imaginary fears over Muslim stereotyped as terrorists. Afterward the diversity officer defended him and used the hashtags #SayHisName, usually referring to Black Lives Matter protests on behalf of criminals shot by police officers, and the BLM base hashtag.
Stephanie Clemons Thompson, the Assistant Director of Residence Life at Ohio State University, called for sympathy for student Abdul Razak Ali Artan who attacked and injured 10 people on campus Monday morning.
Thompson whined
"Think of the pain he must have been in to feel that his actions were the only solution. We must come together in this time of tragedy. #BuckeyeStrong, #BlackLivesMatter #SayHisName
Because nothing says unity like the name of a racist hate group and defending an Islamic terrorist