Temple U. Students Impersonate ICE Agents on Campus, One is Taken Into Police Custody
“As law enforcement and the university pursue their investigations, the involved student is on interim suspension”
What an incredibly stupid thing to do, especially when tensions on many college campuses are high due to this issue.
The Temple News reports:
Temple student in custody after ICE impersonations on campus
A Temple student is in police custody after two individuals impersonating U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Unit officers caused a disruption in the 1300 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Feb. 1, wrote Vice President of Public Safety Jennifer Griffin and Vice President of Student Affairs Jodi Bailey, in an email to the Temple community Sunday evening.
A third individual was recording the other two individuals. The impersonators wore shirts with “Police” and “ICE” written on them.
The email also stated that all three individuals attempted to enter Johnson & Hardwick Residence Halls but were denied access. Temple Communications Center was notified and investigated the incident. That’s when TUPD identified and took one Temple student into custody, who is now on interim suspension.
“As law enforcement and the university pursue their investigations, the involved student is on interim suspension,” Griffin wrote in the email. “Any student found responsible for this conduct will be subject to disciplinary action under the Student Conduct Code, up to and including expulsion.”
The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating the case with assistance from TUPD, the email read.
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Comments
Reminds me of my days in college, and my shirt that said Female Body Inspector.
Yes, but you weren’t ~impersonating~ a female body inspector. Were you?
They think police just wear t-shirts with “POLICE” or “ICE” written on them? And these people are in college?
I have a hat that says NOT ATF on it. I have people mistaking me for a federal agent all the time.
“That’s just the sort of hat a real ATF agent would wear.”
“How do you do, fellow jackboots!”
Could be a genuine case of a question that is usually asked only in jest: are they stupid, or do they think other people are?
Um… that was supposed to be a response to GWB.
Just expel them now–that is extremely dangerous on their part
Not a lawyer, but googling around tells me that “wearing a shirt” isn’t enough to warrant an impersonation charge in Pennsylvania. You have to do it with intent to convince someone to submit to your feigned authority. Looks like TUPD is teeing themselves up for a 1st/4th Amendment lawsuit.
“The email also stated that all three individuals attempted to enter Johnson & Hardwick Residence Halls but were denied access.”
They may have that aspect covered.
Don’t think so. They used it to try to gain unwarranted entry into a building. That indicated that they meant it.