A professor called the police on two students who were minutes late to an English class after they refused to leave.
Carissa Gray of Georgia State University is no longer teaching in-person classes after another student, Bria Blake, posted a TikTok video sharing the story of the exchange Wednesday.
Blake said the two students, Kamryn and Taylor, told their professor that they “paid to be here” and wouldn’t leave despite the professor’s insistence, according to the video. Gray then left the room and reentered “with two armed police officers,” Blake said. Kamryn and Taylor, who are both black, shed tears at the sight of the officers “because they were so terrified of what could happen to them,” according to Blake.
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“Time and time again, we’ve seen the police being weaponized against black people,” Blake said. “Calling the police on two students for being two minutes late to class is extremely unreasonable and dangerous.”
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“Stuff like this cannot keep happening to black youth in America. Stop weaponizing the police against black people.”
The university said it was investigating the incident.
“We are looking into this matter and how it was handled by the faculty member,” a GSU statement read Thursday. “Campus police arrived after being called by the faculty member and immediately de-escalated the situation between the students and faculty member. Clearly, no crime had been committed, so there were no arrests.”
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The university provost and police chief both reportedly met with the affected students.
Neither the College of Arts, under which Gray is employed, nor the provost’s office responded to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.
