3 Univ. Albany Black girls who attacked whites on a bus, then claimed it was a hate crime against them are being indicted

Albany County district attorney David Soares said on Tuesday that the various cameras on the bus prove that the students were the aggressors and that their claims of racial victimization are entirely fabricated.

Agudio faces a single count of assault, three counts of attempted assault, three counts of harassment and a count of falsely reporting an incident.

Burwell faces an assault charge, a harassment charge and four counts of falsely reporting an incident.

Briggs faces an assault count and a pair of counts for falsely reporting an incident.

All the charges are either misdemeanors or violations. (Violations are basically lesser misdemeanors under New York law.)

Prosecutors say the victims of the assaults committed by Briggs, Burwell and Agudio are an 18-year-old female, a 19-year-old female, a 20-year-old female and a 19-year-old male.

After the women exited the bus, prosecutors say, they called 911 to report that they had been victims of a racially-motivated mob assault.

Briggs, Burwell and Agudio will appear in Albany city court for arraignments on Wednesday. Each defendant already pleaded not guilty in March. The reason for the delay in court proceedings is that the district attorney had been trying to work out a plea deal with attorneys for the students. The plea deal would have included public apologies.

All three defendants are residents of New York.