{"id":1420202,"date":"2022-04-05T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420202"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:14:41","slug":"private-military-college-investigated-after-claims-womens-rugby-team-players-were-branded-waterboarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/private-military-college-investigated-after-claims-womens-rugby-team-players-were-branded-waterboarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Military College Investigated After Claims Women\u2019s Rugby Team Players Were Branded, Waterboarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprivate-military-college-investigated-after-claims-womens-rugby-team-players-were-branded-waterboarded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420202&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1225962120.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A\u00a0private military school\u2019s woman\u2019s rugby team is facing an investigation after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/05\/police-probing-norwich-university-womens-rugby-team-hazing-allegations-in-vermont\/\">reports surfaced<\/a> that players on the squad were branded and waterboarded in March.<\/p>\n<p>Northfield, Vermont police brought search warrants to a residence hall at Norwich University, the oldest private and senior military college in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Karie Tucker said in her affidavit that police arrived at the university after being told someone was being held at knifepoint, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesargus.com\/news\/local\/police-investigating-hazing-allegations-at-norwich-university\/article_aa3385b1-8c83-5a96-b1d6-16b6cd96bba1.html\">Barre Montpelier Times Argus<\/a> reported. The police found an intoxicated member of the team inside Dodge Hall, along with her cellphone and a knife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker said the victim reported she had been \u2018branded\u2019 using pliers and a lighter by other members of the rugby team,\u201d the Times Argus stated. \u201cThe officer said the victim reported she was too intoxicated to say no and would not have agreed to be branded had she been sober. Tucker said the victim gave the officer consent to look at the victim\u2019s cellphone. The officer said she observed a Snapchat video from the phone where the victim was holding a chair down and a second, unidentified girl sat in the chair with a washcloth, or something similar, held over her face while a third girl poured liquid onto the cloth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Court records state that Tucker said she saw what she \u201cwould call waterboarding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Northfield Police Chief John Helfant confirmed the police showing up on campus was related to the claims involving \u201cbranding and waterboarding of and by NU students,\u201d adding that the police were permitted by the school if Norwich security was present to talk to students in their dorm rooms about criminal investigations. He asserted, \u201cThis has been the established past practice and was indeed permitted on Tuesday of last week. That access was then denied for this investigation as of Friday of last week. NU was only willing to have students come away from their residences and meet us at a conference room. There are a host of issues which this presents for law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmails obtained by The Times Argus through a public records request show the school, on advice from legal counsel, has decided it will not provide body camera footage, or other investigative materials, from its security personnel to law enforcement without a subpoena,\u201d the Times Argus reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorwich University is subject to federal student privacy laws and other restrictions on what it may disclose,\u201d Daphne Larkin, director of media relations and community affairs at Norwich, said Friday, \u201cSometimes, law enforcement officials become confused about the extent to which we may respond to their requests. Norwich University has fully cooperated with the Northfield Police Department in their investigation of the allegations surrounding this incident while ensuring the constitutional rights of our students and employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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