“I think it was fair, but if he wasn’t the only one doing it, he shouldn’t be the only one punished. I think a fine could have also been appropriate, but with everything going on in the U.S. right now with race issues, I guess they want to show that’s not okay.”
Cheyenne Griffin
Junior psychology major
“Where I’m from, Williamson County, is such a bubble. You stay in the bubble and you think everyone is good and nothing bad happens, then you hear things like and you don’t know what to think about it.”
Mackenzie Steere
Freshman marketing major
“I don’t think his age is actually an issue. He’s grown up and he can take responsibility for what he does. We are all the same age and we’re not all doing things like that.”
Shamsa Al-Abri
Sophomore geological engineering major
“All in all, I kind of agree. I think the sentence was probably right. It seems a little harsh at first, but if you think about it, it’s probably best.”
Cassidy Holland
Sophomore political science major
“I think he should’ve gotten more. I think six months is too short of a sentence for that kind of action. I think he should have been charged with something that would have gotten him more time. To me, him doing something like that means he doesn’t want black people here. ”
Onyii Okoye
Senior biology major
“I think the sentence is appropriate because he went out and thought it would be a good idea to do that to a statue that means a lot to many different people.”
Kate Dilley
Freshman biology major
“I think he deserved punishment. Racism – that’s not alright. He didn’t actually harm anyone, so six months in prison? I mean that’s not my job, that’s the judge’s job. But he did the crime, so he should do the time.”
Ethan Cruse
Junior religious studies major
“He’s a child. He just made a mistake. I don’t feel like he was trying to do anything against our race. He’s a student. College kids do crazy things.”
Javontae Coleman
Freshman banking and finance major