Four Black Students Held at Gunpoint by Cops After False 911 Call at Harvard University

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Four Black Students Held at Gunpoint by Cops After False 911 Call at Harvard University

Harvard University police officers raided the Leverett House, an undergraduate suite, in response to a false 911 call, and held four Black students at gunpoint, reports The Harvard Crimson. Jarah K. Cotton, Jazmin N. Dunlap, David G. Madzivanyika and Alexandra C. René were awakened from their sleep around 4 a.m. to the sound of police banging […]

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