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I didn't even know that fraternities were still hazing (giving all the negative news surrounding them lately etc). Do these kids not read/listen to the news ??? mi waan likklegen come tell mi bout she a pledge nuh sorority
this kid was Jamaican
Brooklyn man, 21, dies in possible hazing incident near Buffalo State College
A hoops-loving college student from Brooklyn died of an unexplained illness in Buffalo — and authorities believe his death may be linked to a bizarre hazing ritual.
Bradley Doyley, a business major at Buffalo State College set to graduate in the spring, and the youngest of seven children, died at Buffalo General Medical Center Thursday, according to relatives.
“His parents are devastated, his sister is broken, his brother is hurt,” said Marsha Green, Bradley’s cousin. “He was their baby, he had such a bright future. No one was expecting this.”
Family and friends said Doyley had been made to drink something toxic after pledging to a fraternity and had been sick for several weeks.
“He was throwing up blood,” said Michael Panton, 56, after speaking to Doyley’s mother about two weeks ago. “They had to take him into surgery and cut open his stomach. She asked us to keep him in our prayers.”
Panton lived next door to Doyley’s parents in Canarsie before they moved to Florida two years ago — and their bright son with the big smile went upstate to school.
Doyley, who graduated from the High School for Sports Management in Gravesend in 2012, played for Buffalo’s basketball team during his first two-and-a-half years at the college.
'His loss will undoubtedly be felt throughout our community,' said Buffalo State President Katherine Conway-Turner. 'My heart goes out to his cherished family and friends.'
Doyley played for the Bengal's basketball team during his first two and a half years at Buffalo State College and his former basketball coach, Fajri Ansari, told Buffalo News the senior was already sick leading up to his death.
'He called me from the hospital January 29 to say he felt sick.
'He thought it might have been something bad he ate. He had a great spirit,' Ansari said.
Officials from the SUNY college provided no details on the cause of death or type of hazing
Doyley was the youngest in a large family born to Jamaican immigrants, relatives said.
Doyley’s former basketball coach Fajri Ansari said the senior had been sick for a few weeks.
“He called me from the hospital Jan. 29 to say he felt sick,” Ansari said. “He thought it might have been something bad he ate.”
College officials provided no details on the cause of death.
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, an African-American organization, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca in 1906.
Officials with the national Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity declined to comment on Doyley’s death, but told WKBW the group, “does not condone and strictly prohibits any illegal acts, including hazing .”
But the frat has a history of horrific hazing incidents.
An Alpha pledge sued the organization in 2014 after claiming he was hazed while trying to join the Bowie State University chapter. Kevin Hayes filed a $3 million lawsuit, claiming he was beaten and spanked with a wooden paddle on a daily basis in 2013 and instructed not to tell anyone.
In 1989, Joel Harris, a 19-year-old Morehouse College sophomore from the Bronx was pledging Alpha when he collapsed and died after being beaten during a hazing ritual.
Sleep deprivation related to hazing was suspected to have played a role in the death of 20-year-old Gregory Batipps, a University of Virginia student who fell asleep behind the wheel of his car while pledging Alpha in 1992.
this kid was Jamaican
Brooklyn man, 21, dies in possible hazing incident near Buffalo State College
A hoops-loving college student from Brooklyn died of an unexplained illness in Buffalo — and authorities believe his death may be linked to a bizarre hazing ritual.
Bradley Doyley, a business major at Buffalo State College set to graduate in the spring, and the youngest of seven children, died at Buffalo General Medical Center Thursday, according to relatives.
“His parents are devastated, his sister is broken, his brother is hurt,” said Marsha Green, Bradley’s cousin. “He was their baby, he had such a bright future. No one was expecting this.”
Family and friends said Doyley had been made to drink something toxic after pledging to a fraternity and had been sick for several weeks.
“He was throwing up blood,” said Michael Panton, 56, after speaking to Doyley’s mother about two weeks ago. “They had to take him into surgery and cut open his stomach. She asked us to keep him in our prayers.”
Panton lived next door to Doyley’s parents in Canarsie before they moved to Florida two years ago — and their bright son with the big smile went upstate to school.
Doyley, who graduated from the High School for Sports Management in Gravesend in 2012, played for Buffalo’s basketball team during his first two-and-a-half years at the college.
'His loss will undoubtedly be felt throughout our community,' said Buffalo State President Katherine Conway-Turner. 'My heart goes out to his cherished family and friends.'
Doyley played for the Bengal's basketball team during his first two and a half years at Buffalo State College and his former basketball coach, Fajri Ansari, told Buffalo News the senior was already sick leading up to his death.
'He called me from the hospital January 29 to say he felt sick.
'He thought it might have been something bad he ate. He had a great spirit,' Ansari said.
Officials from the SUNY college provided no details on the cause of death or type of hazing
Doyley was the youngest in a large family born to Jamaican immigrants, relatives said.
Doyley’s former basketball coach Fajri Ansari said the senior had been sick for a few weeks.
“He called me from the hospital Jan. 29 to say he felt sick,” Ansari said. “He thought it might have been something bad he ate.”
College officials provided no details on the cause of death.
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, an African-American organization, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca in 1906.
Officials with the national Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity declined to comment on Doyley’s death, but told WKBW the group, “does not condone and strictly prohibits any illegal acts, including hazing .”
But the frat has a history of horrific hazing incidents.
An Alpha pledge sued the organization in 2014 after claiming he was hazed while trying to join the Bowie State University chapter. Kevin Hayes filed a $3 million lawsuit, claiming he was beaten and spanked with a wooden paddle on a daily basis in 2013 and instructed not to tell anyone.
In 1989, Joel Harris, a 19-year-old Morehouse College sophomore from the Bronx was pledging Alpha when he collapsed and died after being beaten during a hazing ritual.
Sleep deprivation related to hazing was suspected to have played a role in the death of 20-year-old Gregory Batipps, a University of Virginia student who fell asleep behind the wheel of his car while pledging Alpha in 1992.
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