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EAST LANSING, Mich.--An MSU student is alleging police misconduct following two traffic stops on campus. The allegations have prompted an internal investigation by MSU police...
Taneka Jones, a psychology senior, reported that she was assaulted by an MSU police officer after she was pulled over on Nov. 23, 1996. Jones' sister, Alicia, said at a Monday press conference that during the incident Taneka Jones was struck on the head and back with a blunt object and her head was banged against the police car. The conference was held at Owen Graduate Hall...
...MSU police said Taneka Jones assaulted the officer who made the traffic stop. Police said Jones punched the officer in the face and hit her repeatedly. The officer received scrapes and bruises, police said...
...MSU police Chief Bruce Benson said officers are reviewing police reports to determine when and where medical attention was given. Without reviewing those reports, he said, police are unsure if they transported Jones to the hospital...
Jones said the conference was intended to inform the MSU community about possible incidents of police brutality. "She came here and we saw the public safety and police department set on campus to assume the responsibility of protecting and serving university students," she said. "We had no idea the evil she needed to be protected from would come from within the campus walls...