Racism on campus? Bates College investigating alleged racist incidents involving campus security officer
Bates College officials confirmed they have placed the officer on leave pending an investigation after video surfaced the alleged incidents. Author: Zach Blanchard (NEWS CENTER Maine), Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:11 PM EST March 11, 2021 Updated: 7:17 AM EST March 12, 2021
LEWISTON, Maine Bates College has launched an independent investigation of one of its campus safety officers over concerns of alleged racism and an alleged incident involving a student.
In a report by the college s student newspaper
The Bates Student, unnamed students detailed an incident Friday in which the campus safety officer allegedly restrained and handcuffed a student in a residence hall on campus Friday.
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LEWISTON A Bates College campus safety officer has been placed on paid leave pending an outside investigation of an upsetting incident involving a student last week.
The college’s newspaper, The Bates Student, said in a story Wednesday that “two safety officers restrained and tackled a first-year student in Rand Hall on Friday night” after responding to a report that some students had violated COVID-19 and alcohol rules.
It said a video taken by a witness shows the unnamed student, dressed in pajama pants and a robe, “being restrained and handcuffed by two officers while yelling loudly in pain” and forced to his knees while screaming for help.
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Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 10, 2021
The email went out at 10:07 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020, from President Clayton Spencer.
Due to the surging pandemic, Spencer announced, Bates would immediately suspend in-person classes, asking all 1,700 students except those granted waivers through petition to move off campus in preparation for remote learning to begin in 10 days.
“My heart goes out to all of our students,” Spencer said. But, “we are at a pivotal moment with respect to both the spread of the COVID-19 virus and our ability as a college to take proactive, rather than reactive, steps.”
Thus began a year filled to the brim with reactions, proactions, and a lot of Bates teamwork, culminating in a return to campus in August and a successful so far in-person academic year.
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