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(06/10/10 12:22am)
The State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to defer criminal prosecution against Kofi Adu-Brempong, the UF graduate student who was shot in the face by a UPD officer in March.
(06/09/10 5:24pm)
State Attorney Bill Cervone has postponed prosecuting Kofi Adu-Brempong, the 35-year-old Ghanaian graduate student who was shot in the face by UF police March 2.
(05/27/10 12:15am)
Gainesville residents who walk with canes are advised not to lift them above their waist in the presence of law officers. Doing so may result in you being legally shot, or so argues Bill Cervone in his statement regarding Kofi Adu-Brempong.
(05/25/10 12:15am)
Imagine a world where all you had to do to get away with shooting a disabled man in the face was say you felt endangered and the law would be on your side.
(05/21/10 2:14pm)
State Attorney Bill Cervone released a partial judgment Friday stating the University Police officers who shot a Ghanaian graduate student in his on-campus apartment will not face any legal action.
(05/20/10 12:52am)
Kofi Adu-Brempong, the 35-year-old Ghanaian graduate student who was shot in the face by University Police in March, remains hospitalized and in stable condition, his sister-in-law Cynthia Agyemang said Wednesday.
(04/21/10 12:02am)
Their signs were more weathered and their crowd has dwindled since the first protest, but the message of protesters was just as strong during their third march Tuesday afternoon.
(04/20/10 12:54am)
Kofi Adu-Brempong’s story has been told through the shouts of protesters and the text of police reports.
(04/19/10 12:15am)
When it comes to hindsight most individuals have 20/20 vision, which is clear in the article “Background Check.” The article at first glance appears to be an article about the hiring process of the University Police Department. However, in the midst of a description of the polygraph procedure, the writers mentioned information from the personnel files of two of the officers involved in the shooting of student Kofi Adu-Brempong.
(04/19/10 12:15am)
Student activists met with UF President Bernie Machen again on Friday to discuss their demands for justice after the Corry Village shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong.
(04/19/10 12:15am)
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded its investigation Thursday into the recent shooting of an international graduate student by University Police Department officers.
(04/15/10 12:54am)
University Police Department officers have to jump through a couple of hoops before they are allowed to patrol the campus.
(04/15/10 12:05am)
I really enjoyed Nick Miner’s guest column, “Students should question authority.” Everything he said was correct. The universities, including UF, have degenerated into institutions that only care about students regurgitating information.
(04/15/10 12:05am)
Wednesday’s article “Student Senate discusses crisis response” said no counselors from the UF Counseling Center came to the scene of the March 2 shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong. According to Sherry Benton, the director of the UF Counseling Center, counselors came to Adu-Brempong’s apartment 20 minutes after the shooting and stayed until 1:30 a.m.
(04/14/10 12:05am)
Modern students are not interested in learning. They are interested in passing their tests and getting good grades. It doesn’t matter how much you know, it only matters how well you regurgitate information. Why has American education devolved to this point? One reason is the loss of American industry to foreign countries with cheap labor. This has constricted the job market, making a college degree much more important. Employers give preeminence to the institution. Thus to get into excellent schools, you have to have top grades. Yet is there also a cultural backlash against questioning authority? The 1970s saw massive student protests that played a pivotal role in our withdrawal from Vietnam.
(04/14/10 12:05am)
Senators learned about the UF Counseling Center’s response to the March 2 shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong when they gathered for Tuesday’s meeting.
(04/13/10 12:05am)
Protesters of the University Police Department shooting of a UF graduate student have been invited to carry their concerns from the front doors of Tigert Hall to the front doors of the White House.
(04/12/10 12:15am)
During my four years at UF, it was obvious that Bernie Machen’s administration had zero concern for the Student Body. When Andrew Meyer was Tasered, when the Graduate Assistants United asked for slightly higher pay to teach classes, and when entire programs were cut without student input, the administration stood squarely against the students. Maybe it is fortunate that the worst offense to the Student Body came the year after I graduated and migrated north. Even if the brutal maiming of Kofi Adu-Brempong was somehow justified, it is the administration’s duty to stand up for its students. The University Police Department exists to protect the Student Body, and when a student is left with gruesome injuries at the hands of a UPD officer, the Student Body deserves an explanation and an investigation. Machen and the UF administration have once again failed the Student Body; blessing a handful of students with a meeting is not enough to fulfill the obligations that Machen is handsomely paid to perform. It has never been more clear that this university needs a new direction and new leadership. We need a university president whose loyalty and responsibilities don’t end with collecting a massive paycheck, and we need justice for the UF Student Body.
(04/12/10 12:15am)
Editor’s Note: An article published April 8 briefly outlined what would have happened to Kofi Adu-Brempong had he been submitted under the Baker Act. This article offers further clarification about what this law entails.
(04/09/10 12:05am)
Five student organizers of Tuesday’s rally for Kofi Adu-Brempong, the graduate student recently shot by the University Police Department, met with President Bernie Machen and other administrators Thursday afternoon to discuss what the university can do to help meet protesters’ demands.