UAlbany students who claimed racial attack charged

Last month on January 30th, three black female University of Albany students alledged that they were attacked by a large number of white students on a CDTA bus. The situation drew national & international media attention, as well as protest rally on UAlbany campus.

Albany Police have concluded their investigation however by charging the three young women who initially were viewed as the victims with misdemeanor assualt. Two of the three have also been charged with misdemeanor falsely reporting an incident. Albany Police drew their conclusion based on video evidence collected from the CDTA bus that the incident occurred.