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Although the student protest ended Tuesday afternoon, debate about the University Police shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong continued at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
Updated: 2:55 p.m.
We, as a community, are saddened by the recent events in which a geography Ph.D. student, Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot by a University Police Department officer. It appears this situation did not warrant the use of deadly force and that UPD allowed the situation to escalate out of control. Our questions seem to be falling on deaf ears.
Like many people in the UF community, I would like to know why five University Police Department officers were unable to physically restrain a student with disabilities who was “armed” with a cane?
An independent investigation into the March 2 University Police shooting of a UF graduate student at Corry Village is underway, said UF President Bernie Machen in an e-mail to students, faculty and staff Friday.
Almost two weeks have passed since the University Police Department shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong on March 2, and students plan to show their views on the incident.
An independent investigation into the March 2 UPD shooting of a UF graduate student at Corry Village is underway, said University of Florida President Bernie Machen in a Friday e-mail to UF students, faculty and staff.
The charges against Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong have been changed to one count of second-degree aggravated assault and one count of third-degree resisting arrest with violence.
I’m a student of Kofi Adu-Brempong’s class, Geography of a Changing World. I just want to say that there’s absolutely no valid reason for the police to resort to shooting a handicapped man in the head who has trouble walking with a cane.
Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon, according to Alachua County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Art Forgey.
Graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot in the head as he swung a metal rod at the police officers in his apartment, according to a police report filed Friday.
Editor's note: The official UPD police report can be found in the sidebar of this article.
A UF international student is in Shands at UF after being shot by University Police at Corry Village Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m.
Students walked away with condoms, candy and concern for their health and safety after the Student Government Health and Safety Fair on the Reitz Union Colonnade Wednesday.
From apartment shootings to on-campus burglaries, the rate for student-related crimes has been on the rise in Gainesville throughout the past year.
The members of the Student/Farmworker Alliance who walked through the Reitz Union Food Court Tuesday didn’t stop for a bite to eat.
A UF student was arrested and banned from campus Sunday after police say he used counterfeit money at a campus restaurant.
UPD's Rape Aggression Defense class teaches women self defense.
A local man was banned from all UF libraries Tuesday after Library West employees told University Police officers he threatened to throw his hot coffee on anyone using his favorite computer.
I would like to thank University Police Department Officer R. Howard for his assistance after my daughter's wallet was stolen. The most important item missing from it was her UF-Georgia ticket. He called the ticket office, and she was able to purchase another ticket. Many thanks from both of us.
Solutions by The State News
