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...this year, Strahan has taken on Harvard University, protesting his 2001 arrest and ejection from the Harvard Law School (HLS) Library with a lawsuit against it. A hearing in the case is scheduled...
After being released from custody the next day, Strahan contacted the library and was told that because of the arrest and a University-wide ban, he was no longer welcome there. HUPD Chief Francis Riley and University General Counsel Robert Iuliano refused to “resolve any differences between us,” he says...
...January 2004, Strahan filed a lawsuit with the Superior Court for Middlesex County, naming as defendants Harvard Law School, Iuliano, Riley, and several HUPD officers. The suit asks for relief on seven counts, including violation of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act and false arrest...
...banning Strahan from all of its property, the University is attempting to prevent him from waging a civil action against them for the arrest, Strahan says. He calls the University’s actions an attempt to “coerce him from enjoying his rights under federal and state law” to use the library...
According to the HUPD report for the library arrest, Strahan was found sleeping at a library computer terminal, and, after having been woken up, “become visibly agitated and spoke in an unusually loud tone of voice” while responding to questions about his identification. Asked to put down a pen he was holding, Strahan refused, at which point the HUPD officer removed the pen from his hand. According to the arrest report, Strahan began moving his hand toward his backpack, so the officer helped him to his feet and handcuffed...