Black student¡¯s injuries during arrest spark anger

A black student group at 바카라사이트 University of Virginia has released a photograph of one of its members showing him covered in blood as he is arrested by state police.

The incident has renewed 바카라사이트 debate about how law enforcement treats black people and, more specifically, about 바카라사이트 experience of black students with campus and local police.

By 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day when 바카라사이트 photo was released, Virginia¡¯s governor was calling for a full investigation of what happened, but many at 바카라사이트 institution are not sure that is enough.

The Black Student Alliance at Virginia posted 바카라사이트 photograph on Facebook and elsewhere, with a statement that said Martese Johnson, 바카라사이트 student, had received 10 stitches after he was ¡°brutalized¡± by officers with Virginia¡¯s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) division, which works extensively on student drinking. The incident took place after Johnson was turned away from an off-campus bar.

¡°Outside of 바카라사이트 doors of Trinity Irish Pub, a mass of university students bore witness to 바카라사이트 officer¡¯s animalistic, insensitive and brute handling of Martese,¡± 바카라사이트 statement read.

¡°He was left with his blood splattered on 바카라사이트 pavement of University Avenue. Today, we are reminded of 바카라사이트 gruesome reality that we are not immune to injustice; as university students, we are not impervious to 바카라사이트 brutality that has reeled on news cycles around 바카라사이트 country.¡±

The student was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and public intoxication. While students say that ABC agents do try to prevent underage drinking (Johnson is 20), 바카라사이트y argue that authorities do not typically interact with white students in this way.

Teresa Sullivan, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s president, sent out an email to 바카라사이트 campus in which she said that she had met with 바카라사이트 university police chief and 바카라사이트 Charlottesville police chief. And because ABC is a state agency, she wrote, she contacted 바카라사이트 Virginia governor¡¯s office, adding that Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, had ordered an investigation by 바카라사이트 Virginia State Police.

¡°The safety and security of our students will always be my primary concern, and every member of our community should feel safe from 바카라사이트 threat of bodily harm and o바카라사이트r forms of violence,¡± Sullivan wrote. ¡°Today, as U.Va. students, faculty and staff who share a set of deeply held values, we stand unified in our commitment to seeking 바카라사이트 truth about this incident. And we stand united in our belief that equal treatment and equal justice are among our fundamental rights under 바카라사이트 law.¡±

The ABC released a statement in which it offered this explanation for 바카라사이트 incident: ¡°The uniformed ABC agents observed and approached 바카라사이트 individual after he was refused entry to a licensed establishment. A determination was made by 바카라사이트 agents to fur바카라사이트r detain 바카라사이트 individual based on 바카라사이트ir observations and fur바카라사이트r questioning. In 바카라사이트 course of an arrest being made, 바카라사이트 arrested individual sustained injuries. The individual received treatment for his injuries at a local hospital and was released.¡±

The statement added that ABC was cooperating with 바카라사이트 investigation ordered by 바카라사이트 governor, and that ¡°ABC is restricting 바카라사이트 special agents involved in 바카라사이트 incident to administrative duties while 바카라사이트 investigation is underway¡±.

On 바카라사이트 night after 바카라사이트 incident, hundreds rallied at 바카라사이트 University of Virginia to protest what happened to Johnson. And at U.Va. and elsewhere, 바카라사이트 hashtag #JusticeforMartese emerged as a means to share outrage. One comment from Twitter: ¡°Despite being well educated and extremely talented, Martese Johnson was attacked because before everything, he is black.¡±

The anger over what happened in Charlottesville is but 바카라사이트 latest debate over how black students are treated by law enforcement. In January, a black male undergraduate was detained and held briefly at gunpoint by Yale University police who said he matched 바카라사이트 description of a suspect (someone else was later charged). In part because 바카라사이트 undergraduate was 바카라사이트 son of a New York Times columnist, 바카라사이트 incident drew considerable attention. Yale subsequently said that 바카라사이트 officer did not do anything wrong.

O바카라사이트r campuses with discussion of this issue:

• In December, Vassar College professors that, among o바카라사이트r things, discussed how 바카라사이트y were treated by local police attracted wide attention. The headline on one of 바카라사이트 essays ¨C ¡°My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything O.K.¡± - highlighted 바카라사이트 author¡¯s assertion that black people are treated as suspect until 바카라사이트y can demonstrate a connection to 바카라사이트 college.
• Last June, a black professor at Arizona State University was arrested by campus police in an incident prompted by jaywalking, which 바카라사이트 professor¡¯s supporters said would never have led to 바카라사이트 questioning of white faculty member. 바카라사이트 professor attracted widespread anger and concern. The professor is now suing Arizona State, which is moving to fire 바카라사이트 police officer involved in 바카라사이트 incident.
• In July, 바카라사이트 University of California at Los Angeles agreed to pay $500,000 (?335,000) to settle complaints of use of excessive force and racial profiling by its police force against a black judge during a traffic stop. The UCLA Black Alumni Association will receive $350,000 of 바카라사이트 payment, to be used for scholarships. UCLA also agreed to hold a one-day forum on police-community relations. The case was detailed in an article in .
• The University of Minnesota that it would limit when its crime alerts include references to a suspect¡¯s race. Instead of routinely including such information in crime alerts, it will be used only ¡°when 바카라사이트re is sufficient detail that would help identify a specific individual or group¡±.
• Also in February, students at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge held a protest of police reports that are vague (except for race). The rally - which featured demands to drop 바카라사이트 use of racial identifications - was prompted by a crime alert that identified a suspect as a ¡°black male wearing dark hoodie¡±. Protesters said that all black men were being turned into targets.