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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.
Bates College suspends security officer after complaints of mishandling incident
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Bates suspended a security officer after complaints about his handling of an incident last weekend
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