Parents Sue Phi Beta Sigma For Son’s Hazing Death
From The Houston Chronicle
A 20-year-old Phi Beta Sigma pledge at Prairie View A&M University underwent systematic hazing — including a strict bread-and-water diet, paddling and mandatory rigorous exercises — that intensified until it culminated in his death, a lawsuit filed by his parents states.
Donnie Wade II, a biology major studying to become a doctor, died Oct. 20 following a pre-dawn exercise session with a group of his pledge brothers, investigators said.
While the autopsy is not yet complete, Wade’s mother, Katrina, blames hazing for taking her only son from her.
“I will not rest until I am sure no other families will go through what we have,” she said.
Her husband, Wade I, is an associate pastor of the Dallas-area Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.
The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Friday in Dallas County, seeks as much as $97 million in damages from the national fraternity based in Washington, D.C., the pledge trainer, Marvin Jackson, and Prairie View A&M.
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@Outsider
It looks like they broke you down real good when you were in line before you crossed the burning sand. You are bringing up legal diction to a situation where a young brother was haze and resulted in his death. Please leave the lies and semantics of hazing is illegal and Frats/Soros does not haze in this time and age. It is part of the process and it is under the rug even though it is obvious to anyone who’s around people who are in line.Therefore, you are as coward as those who are guilty in this brother’s death because you are hiding the truth of what the divine is all about.
This is such a tragedy and very unfortunate. The school or the fraternity should not be held responsible for this kid’s death. The school and the organization make you sign paperwork telling you that they do not condone in such activities and that hazing is NOT part of the process and you will be held liable for any illegal activities. These idiots smear the school and the organization by doing these stupid cowardly acts. The idiot/idiots who ended this young man’s promising life should be held responsible to the fullest. I graduated from an HBCU and pledged in a black fraternity. At some point we need to decide if joining any organization is worth the problems. Its unfortunate that all the bad seeds that join these organizations cant be screened out. They are the ones that have no idea of what brotherhood is all about.
@grown_man i feel the same way but i didn’t grduate from there i had to move,but damn p.v!!!!!!
strenuous exercises and fueled w/just bread and and water?!…dumb MFs!
Being a Prairie View A&M graduate, all I can say is…DDDDAAAAAMMMMNNNNNNNNN!