Dr. Jahi Issa the Delaware State University (DSU) professor was arrested by police on 29 February during a protest where students were protesting the managerial style of DSU President Dr. Harry Williams’ and the revelation of a recent state audit that stated DSU broke state bidding and procurement laws.
Dr Issa was confronted by DCU officials after also questioning the university administration on its low percentage of African American professors.
Police forcibly dispersed the peaceful gathering citing the fact that students did not have a permit. They then violated his First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.
The American Civil Liberties Union who are now offering legal assistance to Dr. Jahi Issa has revealed that “At the time Dr. Issa was arrested students were gathering for the purpose of walking to the DSU Board of Trustees meeting to express their views on issues of importance to them... DSU was not entitled to require a permit for that activity”.
Carlos Holmes, a DCU representative refused to answer questions about the university’s future business strategy to reduce the overall percentage of its African students claiming that with 73 percent of DSU’s students being African American, the university “sounds like a predominantly black institution to me,”.
Holmes later reported that Dr. Issa who was charged by the Police with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, offensive touching of a law enforcement officer and inciting a riot was “on paid administrative leave pending a university investigation”. DSU police has also issued Dr. Issa a no-trespass notice barring him from entering the campus without permission from the police.
Issa, a faculty member of the DSU Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy, and noted Professor of History and Africana Studies. He is well known for challenging the lack of opportunity and diversity in higher education and the retrogressive assault on HBCU’s.
He is affectionately referred to as the “students’ professor” by many of those he has educated and supported.
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Dr Issa was confronted by DCU officials after also questioning the university administration on its low percentage of African American professors.
Police forcibly dispersed the peaceful gathering citing the fact that students did not have a permit. They then violated his First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.
The American Civil Liberties Union who are now offering legal assistance to Dr. Jahi Issa has revealed that “At the time Dr. Issa was arrested students were gathering for the purpose of walking to the DSU Board of Trustees meeting to express their views on issues of importance to them... DSU was not entitled to require a permit for that activity”.
Dr Jahi Issa (Photo: The Griot)
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Carlos Holmes, a DCU representative refused to answer questions about the university’s future business strategy to reduce the overall percentage of its African students claiming that with 73 percent of DSU’s students being African American, the university “sounds like a predominantly black institution to me,”. Holmes later reported that Dr. Issa who was charged by the Police with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, offensive touching of a law enforcement officer and inciting a riot was “on paid administrative leave pending a university investigation”. DSU police has also issued Dr. Issa a no-trespass notice barring him from entering the campus without permission from the police.
Issa, a faculty member of the DSU Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy, and noted Professor of History and Africana Studies. He is well known for challenging the lack of opportunity and diversity in higher education and the retrogressive assault on HBCU’s.
He is affectionately referred to as the “students’ professor” by many of those he has educated and supported.
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ACLU backs Delaware State University professor arrested during protestHow Black Colleges Are Turning White – The Ethnic Cleansing Of African Americans in the Age of Obama
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Click here to speak out or read (3) comments about this articleAt the time Dr. Issa was arrested students were gathering for the purpose of walking to the DSU Board of Trustees meeting to express their views on issues of importance to them... DSU was not entitled to require a permit for that activity
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