Police are investigating a possible hate crime incident on the UC Irvine campus in California after a black student was allegedly attacked by five white teens on e-bikes.The alleged altercation occurred on Feb. 27 at the university's Arroyo Vista Housing complex, according to the UC Irvine Police Department.'Since the incident, the victim has been placed on bed rest and has returned home because he no longer feels safe remaining on campus.' The Black Student Union released a statement recounting the events of the alleged attack.According to the statement, the white teens falsely claimed that the student spat on them after a school event and then chased after him on their e-bikes as he rode a scooter.They allegedly shouted racial slurs against the student until one of them rode his e-bike into him."The situation escalated when one of the juveniles of the group attempted to ram the victim off the road," reads the statement from the Black Student Union. "Using the front of his bike tire, he struck the back of the victim's scooter and part of his leg. This resulted in torn skin, bruising, and an infection of the victim's ankle."The teens let up the chase after the student ran into the Rosa Parks House and called police, the student union said."Since the incident, the victim has been placed on bed rest and has returned home because he no longer feels safe remaining on campus," the group added.The teens scattered after the incident, but an officer was able to detain a suspect at a parking structure. Police described one suspect as a teen between 16 and 17 years old and another who is 14 years old.RELATED: White couple recounts vicious racist attack police call a hate crime The student union demanded that school officials take action to ensure the safety of black students on campus."Incidents like this cannot be tolerated, and they will continue to occur if the administration fails to respond with urgency and accountability," it added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

While the newly crowned mayor of New York City has done his best to distance himself from association with radical Islamists, an examination of his wife’s social media activity revealed that she herself may hold slightly more radical beliefs.Rama Duwaji, a Syrian-American activist who married Mamdani in 2025, allegedly liked multiple Instagram posts cheering on Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 assault.“She apparently ... has [allegedly] liked a post that referred to the October 7 rapes as a hoax,” “Pat Gray Unleashed” executive producer Keith Malinak tells BlazeTV host Pat Gray and co-host Jeff Fisher.But when Mamdani was questioned on his wife’s social media activity, he didn’t appear to be concerned.“This is an off-topic question. I’d like to know what your reaction was to the article in the Jewish Insider that was posted about your wife’s social media activity, and what I’m wondering is, you know, you’re an elected official; she is not. Is it anybody’s business? And is it fair to question you about it?” a reporter asked Mamdani.“You know, my wife is the love of my life, and she’s also a private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my city hall. I, however, was elected to represent all eight and a half million people in this city,” Mamdani answered.“And I believe that it’s my responsibility because of that role to answer any questions about my thoughts and my policies and my decisions,” he added.“I love how the reporter who’s asking him the question tried to give him the out on the question,” Gray says.“Let’s face it, this is an anti-American couple," Gray says, “who just happens to be in a really important position.”Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Actress Rachel Zegler says that her race is a consistent issue when being cast for major movie roles.Whether it was Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" or Disney's "Snow White," Zegler says she's received criticism for not being enough of either ethnicity of the roles she has played.'When you're two things, you're simultaneously nothing.'While many would argue that Zegler's constant criticisms of the traditional "Snow White" story — like calling Prince Charming a "stalker" — were the main drivers of the movie's failure, Zegler says it is her refusal to "assimilate" that causes viewers discomfort.Skin deepIn an interview with Harper's Bazaar, she implied that she was told she was not white enough for "Snow White" and not Puerto Rican enough to play Maria in "West Side Story.""I was told I wasn't enough of one thing for 'West Side Story' and too much of another for 'Snow White,'" she said.Zegler called it a "confusing time" in her early twenties, despite being only 25 years old now, and played to her Colombian background; she was born in New Jersey, with Colombian and Polish parents."I grew up proud of being Colombian — eating the food, wearing the dresses, drinking the coffee, doing all the things that were so intrinsic to who I was as a kid and who I am as an adult," Zegler said.However, the actress then claimed that being biracial is actually what gets her overlooked.RELATED: Comic calls out Peter Dinklage: 'You were in the most offensive movie to little people ever made' Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Comfort zone"I do think there's an argument to be made that, in the public eye at least, when you're two things, you're simultaneously nothing," she added. "But I refuse to assimilate for anybody else's comfort.”While Zegler seemingly takes issue when it comes to audiences or studios noticing her ethnicity, she has certainly focused on her Colombian background a lot as a cause for celebration.She told People in 2021 that she grew up in a "very Colombian American household" and loved being "surrounded by the biggest amount of Latinos I've ever been surrounded by" while filming "West Side Story."At the same time, she claimed that studio executives "kept calling to ask if I was legit," in reference to being Colombian. It was strange to have "a bunch of white executives have you prove your identity to them," she told the L.A. Times in 2025.RELATED: Woke 'Snow White' remake lost way more money than you could ever imagine Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios Race rhapsodyIn 2023, she joined forces with fellow Disney princess Halle Bailey to once again bask in the joy of being around certain races. She called it "beautiful" when Bailey remarked on working with an "all-black" cast, before calling her role as "Snow White" a "huge moment" for those who share her ethnicity.Despite her recent interviewer purposely trying to pull her into a political debate, Zegler was described as not being willing to discuss politics but still acknowledged, according to the writer, that what's happening in the United States is "very difficult to witness in real time."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Detroit Police, responding to a report of the explosion of a pipe bomb, said they found a person dead by electrocution and another who was injured.They later determined that the man and woman had been allegedly trying to steal copper wiring from an abandoned school building before the shocking incident.'These wires can be live, lot of voltage, thousands of watts going through there, and this is what could very well happen to you.'Police responded at around 3 p.m. to the report of a bomb explosion at Brainard Street and 3rd Avenue near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.They transported the injured person to a hospital but did not release whether the woman or the man was the deceased person they found.Authorities are working to notify the family of the two people.Detroit Police Deputy Chief Franklin Hayes warned about the risks of utility theft from the scene of the death."For those that may be thinking about the very, very dangerous decision of utility theft, to steal copper wire, this is what happens," Hayes said."These wires can be live, lot of voltage, thousands of watts going through there, and this is what could very well happen to you if you decide to ... make the decision to steal," he added.RELATED: Man electrocuted to death after being pushed onto subway tracks in downtown Baltimore, police say: 'That's evil, that's totally evil' The U.S. Dept. of Energy estimates that copper theft costs U.S. businesses as much as $1 billion per year and is on the rise. One study found that there were about 32,000 instances of copper theft between 2010 and 2012 alone. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!