Thread by @BrianHartPR

BREAKING: Following reports of vandalism at Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi at Temple University back in May, where the words “Free Palestine” were spray painted on the house’s roof, there have been disturbing new developments so far swept under the rug by TU officials… 🧵

Surveillance footage was captured on or around 2am on Friday 5/24 from the roof of the AEP house. In the first video, three seemingly college-aged individuals are seen walking across the roof toward the area that had been vandalized weeks prior.

The female in the group shines a light and points at the section of the roof where the prior vandalism had taken place, and one of the males says, “Can we do another one?”

The female responds, “[unintelligible] it’s not a hate crime [unintelligible] swastikas.” A male says, “I’ll draw a swastika.” The female responds, “I know you will.”

Here's the first video.

In the second video, the female turns toward a rooftop entrance to the house. She says, “But their house, is so, like they don’t even have like a lock [unintelligible] can just go into their house.”

The female attempts to open the entrance, then backs away while a male tries to open it. The female tries once more, then the two walk away.

Here is the second video.

As to the vandalism reported on 5/6, it was listed on the crime log as “Criminal Mischief” and its status previously remained open, however that also no longer shows in the crime log. The crime log now only shows incidents within the past month. 6abc.com/post/alpha-eps…

Back in January, the Department of Education opened an investigation into the alleged harassment of Jewish students at Temple University. temple-news.com/department-of-…

Here is the complaint at the core of that investigation. www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg…

“We are aware of the Department of Education complaint and intend on fully complying, providing the department with robust information on how we are supporting our community through these challenging times,” the university wrote in a statement to The Temple News.

So Temple University's police department, led by VP of Public Safety Jennifer Griffin, received surveillance footage of trespassers potentially admitting to the prior vandalism (“Can we do another one?”), attempting to open an entrance to the house...easy case, right?

According to a previous listing in the Temple University crime log, the troubling incident, described as “Criminal Trespass”, was reported to Temple University police the morning of Friday 5/24. I checked again today, and it no longer appears in the crime log.

Temple University has had this footage for more than two months. You would think they at least identified and spoke with the individuals by now, right?

Wrong. After sitting on this for a few weeks, they inexplicably punted it over to the PPD. This reeks of the same old "PR over safety" policy that has gotten people in the Temple community hurt and killed. They clearly wanted to sweep this under the rug, from my perspective.

Sure enough, with that investigation essentially put on ice, Dora the Explorer and company came back to the roof in the early morning hours today!

This time, the male did get the rooftop entrance open, and he proceeded to urinate into it.

Moments before he whips out his ding dong.

The group struggles to close the door once they have it open. Dora then advises the group to walk away, potentially realizing they're on camera.

On a positive note, some or all of the suspects were met by police after leaving the roof. The incident does not yet appear on the crime log, and it is unclear if any arrests were made. *End thread*. Local media, do your thing.