A University graduate with at least one prior arrest careened a rented silver Jeep Grand Cherokee through the Pit about noon Friday, gutting a community psyche and leaving many questions unanswered in a media spectacle that has turned the international lens on Chapel Hill.University police Chief Derek Poarch confirmed that Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, a 2005 graduate, is being held in the Central Prison in Raleigh on a $5.5 million bond on nine counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.
I agree with Newsbusters that it's absurd to label this a "skirmish," on par with publishing cartoons. I find it informative - and correct - that the Daily Tar Heel article that explores his possible motives does not mention the cartoon.
Posted by kswygert at March 6, 2006 12:57 PM