University of Colorado Boulder police have identified the person caught on video over the weekend as a 33-year-old woman.
In a tweet sent Tuesday morning, campus police identified the woman as Rebekah Krajacic, and confirmed that she is not a student or affiliated in any way with the school.
CUPD has identified the suspect in a racist video that was posted on Sunday. Thanks to community tips & body-worn camera video from prior interactions with her, CUPD has identified her as 33-year-old Rebekah Krajacic, who is not affiliated with the campus.
— CU Boulder Police (@CUBoulderPolice)
Police said community tips as well as body-worn camera evidence from prior police interactions with Krajacic led to her identification.
The tweet did not say whether Krajacic will face criminal charges as a result of the video.
Krajacic does not have any prior criminal history at the state level, according to court records.
In a video that went viral on Twitter over the weekend, Krajacic can be seen and heard yelling expletives and racist slurs at students in a study room before she is interrupted and asked to leave by a professor.
In the video, the woman accuses students of “stalking” her and calls them racial epithets several times.
A professor then approaches the woman and tells her he will call campus police unless she leaves.
The incident has , with students coming to Tuesday morning’s State of the Campus address dressed in black to show their support for black students.
Growing crowd of students at UMC for State of the Campus presentation – most wearing black in solidarity with @blackbuffsCU.
— Katie Langford (@Katielangford35)
Chancellor Phil DiStefano said racism has “no place to hide” on CU Boulder’s campus when addressing the issue at the University Memorial Center. But during the middle of a panel, students began walking out in protest.
https://twitter.com/Katielangford35/status/1181597873324077056
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