I pay tuition like everybody else,” an annoyed Siyonbola told responding officers after they repeatedly asked her to hand over identification. Siyonbola is a first-year graduate student in the African Studies department at Yale. Another graduate student, Sarah Braasch, walked in, turned on the lights and said she was calling police. The officer told Siyonbola that he doesn’t know either woman, is simply trying to quickly sort out what’s going on and needs to check her identification. “Grateful for all the love, kind words and prayers, your support has been overwhelming Black Yale community is beyond incredible and is taking good care of me.

Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 17:12 UTC