ALBUQUERQUE | Two Native American brothers were pulled from a Colorado State University tour and now their attorney is asking the school for policy changes.
Campus officers violated the teens’ constitutional rights when they questioned and patted them down without any suspicion of a crime, according to a letter sent Wednesday from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney.
The letter directs the university to reconsider its campus police policies and training to avoid a situation like the encounter with the two Native American brothers
In this Friday, May 11, 2018 file photo, Thomas Gray, left, and Lloyd Gray stand together with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background outside Santa Fe, N.M. An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour has told the school that campus officers violated the teens’ constitutional rights when they questioned and patted them down without any suspicion of a crime. A letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney calls for the university to revisit its campus police policies and training to avoid a situation similar to the April 30 encounter. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz,File) In this Friday, May 11, 2018 file photo, Thomas Gray, left, and Lloyd Gray stand together with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background outside Santa Fe, N.M. An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour has told the school that campus officers violated the teens’ constitutional rights when they questioned and patted them down without any suspicion of a crime. A letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney calls for the university to revisit its campus police policies and training to avoid a situation similar to the April 30 encounter. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz,File)
Video captured campus police stopping Thomas Kanewakeron Gray and Lloyd Skanahwati Gray and checking their pockets.
Police said a mother on the tour had called 911, saying she was worried because the Grays were “real quiet.”
A university spokesman didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.
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