Word: ntshanga
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Dates: during 1994-1994
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Black Students Association President Alvin L. Bragg `95 called yesterday for an independent investigation of what he termed the "illegal" arrest of Inati Ntshanga `95 in December...
...Ntshanga, a Black student from South Africa, has charged that his arrest--made when he was an HSA employee working in the basement linen room of Matthews Hall--was racially motivated...
Bragg said the Ntshanga case was the worst example of racial discrimination by University police officers that he could remember...
...Ntshanga was promised more phone calls when he arrived at the jail, but he was never given the opportunity. Instead he sat for two hours in a cell with convicted felons. Why did the police not let Ntshanga call his supervisor at HSA or a University official to confirm his status...
Also worthy of investigation is Ntshanga's contention that the arrest was revenge for a previous disagreement with one of the officers, with whom Ntshanga, as a member of the escort service, was acquainted. According to Ntshanga, the two had argued about a race-based complaint that Ntshanga had made regarding some other police officers in an earlier incident. During the conversation, Ntshanga says the officer told him of her hostility towards Blacks. The officer apparently denied that she recognized Ntshanga when the arrest was made...