A white teenager accused of contaminating her black roommate's belongings with bodily fluids was not charged with a hate crime Tuesday, despite calls from activists to have the charge added to her case.
Brianna Brochu, 18, was arraigned Tuesday, weeks after she was charged with criminal mischief for bragging on social media about rubbing used tampons on her University of Hartford roommate's backpack and putting the roommate's toothbrush "places where the sun doesn't shine."
Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gathered outside the Hartford Superior Court pushing for a hate-crime charge, according to NBC Connecticut.