Tyler Clementi's Facebook profile picture. Tyler Clementi , eighteen, a freshman at Rutgers University in the United States, jumped off the George Washington Bridge last Wednesday after roommates broadcast his same-sex encounters online. Ravi attempted to repeat his actions on the following Wednesday, after seeing his roommate kissing a teenaged boy. Writing on Facebook he said, "Anyone with iChat , I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes, it's happening again." New York Police Department's Harbour Unit recovered a body of a young man yesterday, in the Hudson River to the North of the bridge, but it has not yet been positively identified. Ravi and Wei, both eighteen, were charged with invasion of privacy. Wei voluntarily surrendered to police Monday, and was released on her own recognizance ; Ravi surrendered the following day, and has been released on $25,000 bail. All three students started their courses in August. The crime of "transmitting sexual images" is a 3rd degree felony , carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years. Clementi, from Ridgewood , New Jersey, played the violin, and was a member of the Ridgewood High School chamber orchestra. A student from the same hall described him as quiet and shy. His parents were apparently unaware of his sexuality; Robert Righthand, a friend of Clementi since grade school, said "he had it in reserve for a very long time [...] You never thought he was depressed. You just thought he was quiet. He wasn't the person to open up to a lot of people." The Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays organization announced a "call to action" today. Stephen Goldstein, of LGBT advocacy organization Garden State Equality, said, "[Clementi,] by all accounts, was brilliant, talented and kind [...] we are sickened that anyone in our society, such as the students allegedly responsible [...] might consider destroying others' lives as a sport."
Tyler Clementi's Facebook profile picture. , eighteen, a at in the United States, jumped off the last Wednesday after roommates broadcast his same-sex encounters online. Ravi attempted to repeat his actions on the following Wednesday, after seeing his roommate kissing a teenaged boy. Writing on Facebook he said, "Anyone with , I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes, it's happening again." New York Police Department's Harbour Unit recovered a body of a young man yesterday, in the to the North of the bridge, but it has not yet been positively identified. Ravi and Wei, both eighteen, were charged with invasion of privacy. Wei voluntarily surrendered to police Monday, and was released on her own ; Ravi surrendered the following day, and has been released on $25,000 bail. All three students started their courses in August. The crime of "transmitting sexual images" is a 3rd degree , carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years. Clementi, from , New Jersey, played the violin, and was a member of the Ridgewood High School chamber orchestra. A student from the same hall described him as quiet and shy. His parents were apparently unaware of his sexuality; Robert Righthand, a friend of Clementi since grade school, said "he had it in reserve for a very long time [...] You never thought he was depressed. You just thought he was quiet. He wasn't the person to open up to a lot of people." The organization announced a "call to action" today. Stephen Goldstein, of LGBT advocacy organization Garden State Equality, said, "[Clementi,] by all accounts, was brilliant, talented and kind [...] we are sickened that anyone in our society, such as the students allegedly responsible [...] might consider destroying others' lives as a sport."
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