IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 423 

Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated 

murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III in College Park, Maryland, on 

May 20, 2017, expressing concern for the rising tide of racist and 

hate-based activities being committed on our college campuses, and reaffirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety in our higher 

education institutions in the wake of these attacks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 29, 2017 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. DELANEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. AL GREEN

of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOYER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 

JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. 

SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Ms. BASS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III 

in College Park, Maryland, on May 20, 2017, expressing 


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concern for the rising tide of racist and hate-based activities being committed on our college campuses, and reaffirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety 

in our higher education institutions in the wake of these 

attacks. 

Whereas, on May 20, 2017, Lt. Collins was heinously stabbed 

in the chest in an unprovoked attack at a bus-stop on the 

campus of the University of Maryland, College Park; 

Whereas his alleged attacker, Sean Christopher Urbanski, 

had a known association with an Alt-Right White-supremacist group called ‘‘Alt Reich: Nation’’; 

Whereas the incident took the life of Richard W. Collins III, 

who was recently commissioned as an officer in the 

United States Army, intelligence branch; and was killed 

two days before he was set to graduate with a business 

degree from Bowie State University; 

Whereas the horrific attack on the campus of the University 

of Maryland is the latest in an escalating rise in racial 

and hate-motivated activities on college campuses targeting Muslims, Jews, the disabled, immigrants, members 

of the LGBT community, and people of color; 

Whereas the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty 

Law Center have catalogued hate crimes in 33 States in 

recent months, including— 

(1) a noose was found on the campus of American 

University in Washington, DC, on the same day a Black 

woman became student body president; 

(2) posters at the University of Texas imploring students to ‘‘report any and all illegal aliens. America is a 

White nation’’; 


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(3) Adolf Hitler themed valentine’s cards stating 

‘‘my love 4 u burns like 6,000 Jews’’ circulated at Central Michigan University; 

(4) flyers at the University of Pennsylvania asking 

onlookers to ‘‘imagine a Muslim-free America’’; and 

(5) printers were hacked and were forced to print 

anti-Semitic fliers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, 

Tennessee; 

Whereas a growing number of White, nationalist, racist, 

homophobic, anti-Semitic organizations are engaged in an 

unprecedented effort to attract and recruit young people 

on college campuses; 

Whereas these extremist organizations have consciously made 

the decision to focus their outreach efforts on young people and students, employed a variety of tactics including 

fliers, online organizing, and bringing national leaders to 

speak, and have openly boasted of efforts to establish a 

physical presence on campus; 

Whereas we have a responsibility to uphold the right to free 

speech that is protected by the United States Constitution, but we must not allow freedom of speech to be 

translated into hate-based activities and crimes; 

Whereas long-time White supremacist Jared Taylor described 

the political landscape, as ‘‘a sign of rising White consciousness and that now is the time to press our advantage in every way possible’’; 

Whereas we have avoided discussion regarding homegrown 

terrorists that are becoming radicalized on social media 

and college campuses; 

Whereas we must commit to do a better job at confronting 

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dressing these systematic issues in our neighborhoods, 

workplaces, and criminal justice system; and 

Whereas the United States House of Representatives must 

come together and address the underlying issues leading 

to these unacceptable and heinous actions: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the recent attack in Maryland, on 

3 May 20, 2017, that resulted in the tragic loss of Lt. 

4 Richard Collins III and all other hate-motivated inci5 dents since the fall; 

6 (2) acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the 

7 university officials at Maryland and across the coun8 try to respond to racism, extremism and hate, and 

9 create a safer campus for all members of the com10 munity; 

11 (3) recognizes the persistent and growing threat 

12 posed by hate speech, efforts by extremist organiza13 tions to specifically target young people, and the 

14 normalization of these practices through platitudes 

15 about free speech; and 

16 (4) remains actively committed to offering solu17 tions that promote open, tolerant, and safe learning 

18 environments that fully respect diversity on college 

19 campuses. 

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