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Schools Investigate Reports Of Racist, Homophobic Comments At New Trier-Evanston Football Game
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 18, 11:50 AM CDT
updated Oct 21, 11:24 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WMAQ-TV, The Record North Shore and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Schools investigate reports of racist, homophobic comments at New Trier-Evanston football game · WMAQ-TVOct 18, 11:50 AM CDT
Racist, anti-gay harassment from New Trier fans at Ryan Field is under investigation, schools say · The Record North ShoreOct 18, 5:06 PM CDT
Evanston, New Trier investigate reports of racist, homophobic slurs during football game at new Ryan Field · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 18, 8:13 PM CDT
New Trier apologizes after reports of racist, homophobic comments at football game against Evanston · WMAQ-TVOct 19, 4:35 PM CDT
Evanston students recall New Trier fans yelling alleged racist, homophobic slurs at football game · WLS-TVOct 19, 11:04 PM CDT
Residents demand New Trier take action following students’ reported hateful behavior at football game · The Record North ShoreOct 19, 11:30 PM CDT
Evanston students say some New Trier fans spat on them, used racist, homophobic slurs at NU's Ryan Field · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 20, 6:17 PM CDT
‘All I Could Hear’: ETHS students describe New Trier fans’ alleged racist language, behavior during and after rivalry game · The Record North ShoreOct 21, 11:24 AM CDT
How It Unfolded
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How We Decided
Oct 18, 5:27 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 18, 5:40 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.