2 Arrested In Connection With Racially Charged Video At UConn

STORRS, CT — Two University of Connecticut students have been charged in connection with a racially charged video that made its way around campus, according to arrest reports.

Arrest reports show that the two 21-year-old students — Jarred Mitchell Karal, of Plainville and Ryan Gilman Mucaj, of Granby, were charged with ridicule based on creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race. They are due in court on Oct. 30, according to reports.

(Booking mug shots of Jarred Karal and Ryan Mucaj)

Last week, black students at UConn were demanding action after the video surfaced. It depicts white students walking through a parking lot yelling "a racial epithet" to black students inside the Charter Oak apartment complex.

A third student was in the video but police said in a report that the third student was not involved in the racially insensitive behavior.

The investigation showed that the three students walked through the apartment complex after leaving a local business and played a game in which they yelled vulgar words, police said in reports. The video was recorded from someone inside an apartment, authorities said.

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UConn President Thomas Katsouleas is planning to conduct some office hours inside the cultural and diversity centers on campus in the wake of the incident, officials said.

The full redacted arrest warrants were released early Tuesday afternoon.

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