Yale student hassled by police

by police misconduct idVer:e1b51cecc469ab1db7d23 Thursday, May. 10, 2018 at 5:33 AM

Police demanded ID from the student, and tried to verify the ID with the university, rather than handing back the ID and leaving.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html

A Black Student at Yale Was Napping in a Common Area, and Someone Called the Police

By Christina Caron

May 9, 2018

A black graduate student at Yale who fell asleep in her dorm’s common room said she had a disturbing awakening this week when a white student flipped on the lights, told her she had no right to sleep there and called the campus police.

Police demanded ID from the student, and tried to verify the ID with the university, rather than handing back the ID and leaving.

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