NAL
INVESTIGATION ON THE U.W.
CAMPUS.
AS 12-NEWS NICK BOHR REPORTS,
THE STUDENT STANDS BY HIS VIDEO.rt
REPORTER: THE IMAGES ARE
DISTURBING, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE.
BUT DOES THIS UW STUDENT-MADE
FILM VIOLATE THE LAW?
A LOCAL STATE SENATOR THINKS IT
MIGHT.
rt
>> IT  VILE, ANTI-POLICE.
rtREPORTER: THE SHORT FILM DEPICTS
A LYNCHING BY POLICE PORTRAYrtED
AS PIGS AND THE BEHEADING OF AN
OFFICER.
HE SAID HE QUOTE A NERVE BUT
DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT FURTHER.
PICKETT SAYS A UNIVErtRSITY
REPRESENTATIVE TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT IMPROPERLY POSTING THE
VIDEO ON A UNIVERSITY SERVER.
SINCE HE SELLS THE SHIRTS SEEN
IN THE VIDEO, IT VIOLATES A
POLICY GOVERNING COMMERCIALrt
ACTIVITIES.
BUT HE SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN
DISCIPLINED.
SENATOR NASS THOUGH IS CALLING
ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
POLICE TO INVESTIGATE.rt
>> IT REALLY ECHOES OVER AND
OVER HATRED.
ANTI-COP A.PPRECIATE AND RESPECTrt
-- AND A COP.
CHOPPING Art HEAD OFF.
rtREPORTER: UW-MADISON POLICE TELL
12 NEWS TODAY WE DO NOT AGREE
WITH THE MESSAGE, BUT WE
APPRECIATE AND RESPECT PEOPLE'S
OPINIONS AND THEIR RIGHT TO FREE
SPEECH.
UWPD IS NOT INVESTIGATING THE
VIDEO AS NO CRIMES HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED.rt
BUT NASS MAINTAINS THE VIDEO
GOES BEYOND FREE SPEECH INCITING
VIOLENCE AND SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED.
