Student Says Cops Were Out of Line (dragged her, told her "I'm the goddamn police.")

[The Straight Story]

Student Says Cops Were Out of Line


CHICAGO (CN) - A Chicago State University student claims a school police officer needlessly assaulted her and dragged her through the campus, telling her, "I'm the goddamn police."

Lisa Sweeney sued CSU police Officers Lawanda Burras and Pete Harris, in Federal Court.

Sweeney, who is African-American, says she got into an argument with another student in her math class in February 2011, prompting her professor to call university police.
She says defendants Burras and Pete Harris "escorted plaintiff from the classroom and into the hallway, where plaintiff sat on a bench."

She says she "felt threatened" when "Officers Burras and Harris shouted at plaintiff, demanding that she provide her CSU student identification number or show her student identification card ... and suggested that the defendant officers check her professor's class roster for her student identification number."

In response, she says, "Defendant Officer Harris shouted: I'm the goddamn police. Do what I fucking say; give me your fucking ID.'

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/30/43432.htm

[PDJane]

1. If every little argument blows into a police action.........

And every police action becomes a chance to abuse someone, it's time to get the cops off campus, and work on killing the police state.