UK student arrested after assault on Black students on campus

• A UK student has been arrested for assaulting a Black student on campus
• Other students on campus lamented they are ashamed of such behavior
• Another student decried the amount of racism among students, pointing at bad parenting

A University of Kentucky, UK student identified as Sophia Rosing has been arrested in relation to a verbal and physical assault against Black students on campus.

According to an online record from the Fayette County Detention Center, Sophia Rosing, a white 22-year-old woman, was detained by police just before 4 a.m. at a campus dorm on suspicion of public intoxication, third-degree assault on a police officer, fourth-degree assault, and second-degree disorderly conduct. She is being held on a $10,000 bond.

On Sunday morning at around 3:50 AM, Sophia Rosing was taken into custody at the Fayette County Detention Facility. She is accused of disorderly conduct, being intoxicated with alcohol while in a public place, fourth-degree assault, and third-degree assault (of a police officer). $10,000 was set as her bond.

A video that shows Rosing attacking another student, Kylah Spring. She was on duty as a desk clerk in the dormitory at the time. Spring shared the video on social media explaining the situation and it has been gaining traction online.

“Could you stop?” asks the victim, who was working an overnight shift at Boyd Hall, university President Eli Capilouto told students in an email Sunday. (The video is captioned “what I had to deal with at work.”)

“Nope,” Rosing responds.

“I do not get paid enough for this,” the victim says, as Rosing calls her a racial slur.

“I got this all on video,” says someone recording the assault.

University of Kentucky student Sophia Rosing arrested and charged after assaulting another student who was at work and calling her a “nigger bitch”https://t.co/kzNRYupfj8 pic.twitter.com/WuOi4Stauo

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 6, 2022

The second victim and the first victim are then seen in the video attempting to sit Rosing in a chair. Before attempting to kick the first victim, Rosing attempts to punch the second victim; it is unknown if she hit either victim.

Rosing is seen repeating the racial epithet and struggling to stay upright as a white male police officer handcuffs her in the dorm as the video comes to an end.

Any of the phone numbers publicly listed under Rosing’s name remained unanswered. Additionally, her account’s Facebook message went unanswered.

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Due to federal privacy laws, the school is not identifying the victims, a spokesperson said.

Following the incident, the University of Kentucky issued a statement that read, “We condemn this behavior and will not tolerate it under any circumstances. Our top priority has always been and will always be the safety and well-being of our community.

The university also stated that the attack is being investigated, the office of student conduct is reviewing the incident immediately, and the student success teams are contacting the victims.

Early this morning, a disturbing incident was captured on video in a residence hall. The video is deeply offensive, and we take it very seriously.

— University of Kentucky (@universityofky) November 6, 2022

The video quickly spread on campus. Many students say they are ashamed of what they saw.

“I was just really disappointed to see one of my fellow students was acting that way towards another one of my fellow students and I just hope everybody in the UK always feels safe and comfortable and obviously that’s not what happened,” said UK freshman Julian Downey.

“The amount of racism that you still see to this day means that people are still teaching their children to still live like the past and that’s not how it is anymore. They need to grow up and live in this century,” said UK sophomore Sienna Edison-Turner.

“It was heartbreaking like it was really…it hit me to my core,” said Huston. She said what she saw in the videos made her feel less safe on campus. “It’s kinda hard because there still could be a potential that it could happen to me and I don’t want to see it happen to anybody else.”

According to WYKT, Patricia Luna, a student walked into the lobby just as the situation was getting started.

“I heard a slap and then I heard racial slurs and I was like ‘that’s not okay so I’m not gonna leave and I’m gonna pull out my phone so I can record,” said Luna. She stayed until the police arrived and arrested Rosing.

“The girl that was being harassed, she handled that so beautifully. she was always so professional and kind and didn’t turn to violence even though Sophia gave her every single reason to want to fight back,” said Luna.