• Ghanaian University of Florida Student Shot in the Head by Police
Thanks to Sista Nathalie Thandiwe for sending this to me.
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To advocate on behalf of Kofi and to protest his shooting, you can:
A. Call, email/fax/snail mail the University of Florida Gainesville Board of Trustees at: University of Florida Board of Trustees 123 Tigert Hall PO Box 113125. Gainesville, FL 32611-3125. Ph. 352-392-1358. In addition, the Board of Governors, which appoints the UFLG Board of Trustees contact is: phone 850.245.0466 or email at Chancellor@flbog.org.
1. express your concern for Kofi Adu-Brempong, and your concern regarding their inadequate response to this incident and their negligence in hiring Officer Kevin Smith, despite his record of abuse and lack of competence to police.
2. Request the firing of Keith Smith, the officer who shot Kofi Adu-Brempong in the face. In 2008, Keith Smith was given a verbal warning by the Gainesville city police department where he previously worked. Smith and three other police officers were throwing eggs and harassing African Americans in the local community. The university police ignored this warning and hired Keith Smith....
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B. Call, email/fax the University of Florida Gainseville Police Dept. at: The University of Florida Police Department Building 51, Museum Road P.O. Box 112150 ... University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; Building 51, Museum Road, P.O. Box 112150, Gainesville, Florida 32611-2150
phone: (352) 392-1111, fax: (352) 392-0539, email: updinfo@admin.ufl.edu
web: http://www.police.ufl.edu/
1. Demand that they drop all charges against Kofi Adu-Brempong; the UFGPD charged him with a felony for ‘resisting arrest with violence.’
2. Request the firing of Keith Smith, the officer who shot Kofi Adu-Brempong in the face. In 2008, Keith Smith was given a verbal warning by the Gainesville city police department where he previously worked. Smith and three other police officers were throwing eggs and harassing African Americans in the local community. The university police ignored this warning and hired Keith Smith....
Follow the activism and calls for support from Gainesville Area Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) http://sdsgainesville.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Sista Nathalie Thandiwe for sending this to me.
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To advocate on behalf of Kofi and to protest his shooting, you can:
A. Call, email/fax/snail mail the University of Florida Gainesville Board of Trustees at: University of Florida Board of Trustees 123 Tigert Hall PO Box 113125. Gainesville, FL 32611-3125. Ph. 352-392-1358. In addition, the Board of Governors, which appoints the UFLG Board of Trustees contact is: phone 850.245.0466 or email at Chancellor@flbog.org.
1. express your concern for Kofi Adu-Brempong, and your concern regarding their inadequate response to this incident and their negligence in hiring Officer Kevin Smith, despite his record of abuse and lack of competence to police.
2. Request the firing of Keith Smith, the officer who shot Kofi Adu-Brempong in the face. In 2008, Keith Smith was given a verbal warning by the Gainesville city police department where he previously worked. Smith and three other police officers were throwing eggs and harassing African Americans in the local community. The university police ignored this warning and hired Keith Smith....
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B. Call, email/fax the University of Florida Gainseville Police Dept. at: The University of Florida Police Department Building 51, Museum Road P.O. Box 112150 ... University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; Building 51, Museum Road, P.O. Box 112150, Gainesville, Florida 32611-2150
phone: (352) 392-1111, fax: (352) 392-0539, email: updinfo@admin.ufl.edu
web: http://www.police.ufl.edu/
1. Demand that they drop all charges against Kofi Adu-Brempong; the UFGPD charged him with a felony for ‘resisting arrest with violence.’
2. Request the firing of Keith Smith, the officer who shot Kofi Adu-Brempong in the face. In 2008, Keith Smith was given a verbal warning by the Gainesville city police department where he previously worked. Smith and three other police officers were throwing eggs and harassing African Americans in the local community. The university police ignored this warning and hired Keith Smith....
Follow the activism and calls for support from Gainesville Area Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) http://sdsgainesville.blogspot.com/
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