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3. This is from the student newspaper
Tue May 30, 2017, 09:16 PM
May 2017
http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/category/news/

"Following a series of unsuccessful conversations with different, divided portions of the Evergreen administration over the past several weeks and years, they gathered, personally escorted and held President George Bridges, all of the Deans, the Vice President of Student Affairs Wendy Endress, a Board of Trustees representative, and the full teacher union bargaining team all in President George Bridges office for about five hours. The administration stayed in the room until demands to address the problems of systemic racism and oppression faced by minority students were agreed upon."

This is ridiculous, and I personally think the administration members should have tried to leave. The behavior is not mitigated by the later statement:

"No force was used to detain members involved in the meeting, and everyone held in the President’s office were provided with food and water, with students available to attend to any emerging needs, including medical care. The building entrances were barricaded when it seemed as if police would be on the way soon."

The author has admitted to something very close to unlawful imprisonment. If I had been one of the individuals held, I would file charges. The act of barricading seems to lead to that conclusion.

9A.40.040
Unlawful imprisonment.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person.
(2) Unlawful imprisonment is a class C felony.

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