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now his roommate, 19-year-old dharun ravi, a former rutgers university student, faces a host of charges including bias intimidation-- a hate crime-- and invasion of privacy, for secretly using a web cam to stream on the internet clementi's sexual encounter with a man. ravi tweeted, "i saw him making out with a dude, yay." and later, "yes, it's happening again." clementi jumped off a bridge into the hudson river three days later. >> his grotesque bullying of tyler clementi led to tyler committing suicide. this indictment was sweeping and it was the right thing to see. >> reporter: the indictment also alleges ravi tried to cover up his actions, charging him with witness and evidence tampering. prosecutors allege he deleted a twitter post and replaced it with a false one to mislead investigators. in a statement, clementi's parents said "the grand jury indictment spells out cold and calculated acts against our son tyler." here on the campus of rutgers reaction has been mixed. students agree spying with a web cam was wrong, but they disagree on whether there should be legal consequences. if
now his roommate, 19-year-old dharun ravi, a former rutgers university student, faces a host of charges including bias intimidation-- a hate crime-- and invasion of privacy, for secretly using a web cam to stream on the internet clementi's sexual encounter with a man. ravi tweeted, "i saw him making out with a dude, yay." and later, "yes, it's happening again." clementi jumped off a bridge into the hudson river three days later. >> his grotesque bullying of tyler...
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dharun ravi is now being prosecuted for a hate crime.ommate, tyler clementi, killed himself shortly afterward. >>> if you're child-proofing your home, remember that kids may drink something because it smells good. a 4-year-old tennessee girl was rushed to the hospital this week with a blood alcohol level of 0.14. and get this. it wasn't booze. it was actually hand sanitizer. those things are 60% alcohol. her mother says she never thought of hand sanitizers as dangerous. >> incredible, that story. >>> new trouble this morning for one of baseball's most fabled teams. major league baseball is making a rare move, taking over the l.a. dodgers, as a divorce drama involving the team's multimillionaire owners threatens to tear the team apart. knbc's rob hayes has the story. >> reporter: things have not been going well for the mccourts lately. season ticket sales have plummeted over the past several years. and the dodgers have been struggling to make payroll. and then, there was the violent beating opening night, that left a san francisco giants
dharun ravi is now being prosecuted for a hate crime.ommate, tyler clementi, killed himself shortly afterward. >>> if you're child-proofing your home, remember that kids may drink something because it smells good. a 4-year-old tennessee girl was rushed to the hospital this week with a blood alcohol level of 0.14. and get this. it wasn't booze. it was actually hand sanitizer. those things are 60% alcohol. her mother says she never thought of hand sanitizers as dangerous. >>...
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brought to the situation. >> reporter: now, if he is convicted of the most serious bias charge, dharun ravio ten years in prison. meantime, prosecutors say charges against molly wei were not presented to the grand jury. attorneys for both wei and ravi had no comment. chris? >> elaine, what has rutgers university done, if anything, if the wake of this tragedy? >> we talked to rutgers officials sand they say they have a number of initiatives in place, including one they're going to be starting this fall. that's when they will start offering to upper classmen a gender neutral housing option in three residence halls. basically what that means is upper classmen are going to be able to choose a roommate that they know of any gender. also officials say that just this past weekend they have a charity kickball tournament in honor of tilen clementi. officials say that clementi's parents were there. and that the event raised some $6,000 for anti-cyber bullying initiatives on campus. >> cbs' elaine quijano at rutgers university for us this morning. thank you. >>> let's bring in cbs news legal analyst j
brought to the situation. >> reporter: now, if he is convicted of the most serious bias charge, dharun ravio ten years in prison. meantime, prosecutors say charges against molly wei were not presented to the grand jury. attorneys for both wei and ravi had no comment. chris? >> elaine, what has rutgers university done, if anything, if the wake of this tragedy? >> we talked to rutgers officials sand they say they have a number of initiatives in place, including one they're going...
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police say it was the work of clementi's roommate, dharun ravi, then 19, who used his web cam to spyementi and tweeted friends to watch online. the story sparked outrage and anti-bullying campaigns like itgetsbetter.org took off. >> it gets better. >> i care. >> reporter: with president obama and others posting videos. >> and every day, it gets better. >> reporter: ravi's alleged use of the web cam and twitter opened eyes to cyber bullying, showcasing the internet as a potential weapon for bullies. and now, seven months later, just like clementi, his roommate ravi is becoming a symbol, as well, of how bullies should be punished in america. in a 15-count indictment, ravi is charged with a range of crimes, most serious, a hate crime, bias intimidation. bullying clementi for being gay. ravi could face a ten-year sentence. the clementi family said in a statement yesterday, "the grand jury indictment spells out cold and calculated acts against our son tyler by his former college roommate." the question is, will this prosecution change how society deals with bullying? prosecutions are help
police say it was the work of clementi's roommate, dharun ravi, then 19, who used his web cam to spyementi and tweeted friends to watch online. the story sparked outrage and anti-bullying campaigns like itgetsbetter.org took off. >> it gets better. >> i care. >> reporter: with president obama and others posting videos. >> and every day, it gets better. >> reporter: ravi's alleged use of the web cam and twitter opened eyes to cyber bullying, showcasing the internet...
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dharun ravi is now charged with a hate crime.n 50 miles away, in wake forest. forest forest. another sign landed in raleigh, some 40 miles away. those signs were mounted on the company's trailers and those trailers were completely destroyed. >> scary few days. >>> a look now at your forecast on this thursday. some rough weather across the plains with golf ball-sized hail and winds topping 70 miles an hour. in oklahoma city, tulsa and wichita. rain and thunderstorms from dallas to tallahassee. showers from omaha to sioux falls. and mountain snow in the cascades and the rockies. >> looking at 53 degrees in salt lake city. 68 in sacramento. 91 in phoenix. mostly 50s across the nation's midsection. 60s from boston to baltimore and 82 degrees in atlanta. 86 in balmy miami. >>> for many people an mri is a medical miracle but for some in the north carolina town of mills river, an mri of a resident's shoulder is a religious miracle. >> here we go again. this patient sees a picture of jesus in this scan. so do many of the people who he sh
dharun ravi is now charged with a hate crime.n 50 miles away, in wake forest. forest forest. another sign landed in raleigh, some 40 miles away. those signs were mounted on the company's trailers and those trailers were completely destroyed. >> scary few days. >>> a look now at your forecast on this thursday. some rough weather across the plains with golf ball-sized hail and winds topping 70 miles an hour. in oklahoma city, tulsa and wichita. rain and thunderstorms from dallas to...