Two UConn students charged with shouting racial slur
Jarred Karal and Ryan Mucaj were charged with ridicule on account of creed, religion, colour or race, police say.
The slurs were recorded by an African American student from an apartment window and posted on social media [EPA]
Two University of Connecticut (UConn) students have been charged with shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex in an episode that was caught on video and has led to protests at the school.
Jarred Karal, of Plainville, and Ryan Mucaj, of Granby, both identified by police as 21-year-old white men, were charged Monday with ridicule on account of creed, religion, colour, denomination, nationality or race.
The charge is a misdemeanour that carries a possible sentence of up to a year in prison. Phone and email messages wer...