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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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[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago

Watch her get out in a year and be invited to go on the Republican lecture circuit to talk about how woke politics is ruining American college campuses.

This isn't a joke, I seriously think this will happen.

[-] Carrick1973@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

She's pretty and blond and an idiot. She'll be on Fox News as a host shortly after.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 1 week ago

A whole year? Somebody is optimistic.

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The woke liberals are trying to cancel her for the innocent act of being a racist asshole who assaulted a black woman! They're out of control!

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

!remindme 1 year

(we need this bot! I have no programming knowledge or skills but I'm going to make this happen one way or another)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago

Interesting that the Independent made sure to mention that this student was drunk not once, but twice, as if that were an excuse.

No one says that word when drunk if they wouldn't be willing to say it out loud in certain company.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

Her being drunk is relevant to reporting the truth. They're not excusing her actions but giving context. As you pointed out, she may never have said these slurs in her open life, but she was probably thinking them and alcohol greased the wheels on her racism.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

That's some serious grease. To go from zero n-words sober to two hundred times drunk?

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Mentioning it once is relevant. Mentioning it twice is trying to use it as an excuse.

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[-] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago
[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 18 points 1 week 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.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 week ago

I'm very confused here. She is white, pretty, and went before a Kentucky Judge. How was she sentenced to anything?

~/s~

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 78 points 1 week ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 week ago

You're asking the right questions. Not rich enough, apparently

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

I guess he was rich enough for 150 slurs, but she had to cross the limit.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Regardless, I would put good money on her being in a sorority.

[-] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Soon to be a member of KCI, Kentucky Correctional Institution

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[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

That's a bingo

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[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

3 words: national media attention

[-] Catoblepas 83 points 1 week ago

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

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

how long was the assault? That's like dozens of hard Rs per minute. What a psycho.

[-] Drunkpostdisaster@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I imagine it was a lot of 'ga's too.

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[-] buttfarts@lemy.lol 8 points 1 week ago

Those are all the stifled n-words shes been holding back thus far in her brief lifespan thus far. They all came out at once

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[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago

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

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That is apparently determined at sentencing in Kentucky.

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

So blame the judge.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

However, Spring said after the plea hearing that she did not believe Rosing was remorseful.

Yeah, I can look at that mugshot and tell she's not. Glad (and surprised) she got actual punishment.

Edit: I'm making the assumption that's the reflection of a bright orange jumper I see at the bottom of the photo, and the typical blandly colored cinderblock wall in the background.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

That is the sort of smug little smirk that says, "that n- deserved what she got." No remorse at all.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

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?

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago

When is she gonna be invited to headline a Trump rally?

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago
[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] don@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

All that hideousness and just gets a year of jail and 100 hours of community service. Fucking Kentucky pantywaist conservative judge.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I'll never get the American mindset which considers "used the n-word 200 times" the main offense, the one worthy to be in the headline, while "struck her numerous times and kicked her in the stomach" is just a minor detail that happens to be mentioned somewhere in the article as an afterthought.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[-] ThomasLadder_69@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Over the course of 10 minutes. That means she said it about every 3 seconds...

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

This is "higher" education in US?

Clearly there is a problem at the primary level.

[-] themadcodger@kbin.earth 15 points 1 week ago

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

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