Harvard Probes Racism Charges Against Its Cops

Blacks say they're targeted by security
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 27, 2008 3:35 AM CDT
Harvard Probes Racism Charges Against Its Cops
Students walk through the Harvard Law School area on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in this Nov. 19, 2002 file photo.    (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, file)

Harvard University is reviewing its security procedures after black students and professors charged that they're being unfairly targeted, the Boston Globe reports. A six-member committee will review the campus force following a number of incidents, including one in which a black professor was stopped when he was mistaken for a robbery suspect. (More Harvard stories.)

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