They receive very little attention.
Students wrested a gun away from a University of Southern California student who had been asked to leave an off-campus party after threatening a young woman, police said Tuesday.
Zao Xing Yang, 19, was arrested early Sunday and is being held without bail, Chief William Bratton said at a news conference.
Some students at the party, held at a student’s home, overheard Yang making intimidating statements to the woman and threatening her with violence about 3 a.m. Sunday, Bratton said.
Yang began arguing with the host, who noticed Yang was holding a gun, he said.
"Several students wrestled the gun away from Yang and held him until campus security and then LAPD officers arrived," Bratton said.
Oh sure, this story could have turned out very differently. It didn’t because the students in this story were willing to use physical force in their own defense. This story will be almost completely ignored.
Virginia Tech and the University of Southern California. Common elements: angry male Asian student + firearm. Two very different endings. You decide why.