Man accuses ASU police of racial profiling

[VermontDem2004]

An Avondale man who was acquitted of a loitering charge is suing the state and the Arizona State University police officer who arrested him, alleging he was targeted as part of an official police policy of profiling blacks.

An ASU spokesman said no such policy exists. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 29 in Maricopa County Superior Court, John Batchan III claims that on Oct. 26, 2002, an ASU police detective approached him from behind, handcuffed him and took away a bunch of tickets he had for the ASU football game that day.

Batchan, who resells tickets to sporting and entertainment events, said that when he was handcuffed, he was selling a couple of tickets for $2 less than face value, which is not illegal. State law requires ticket scalpers, or people who sell tickets at more than face value, to work 200 feet from the stadium entrance or 200 feet from the entrance of an adjoining parking lot. Batchan said he was in custody for an hour, cited with loitering and released, but without his 20 or so tickets. He was not charged with illegal ticket sales.

ASU spokesman Keith Jennings said that there is no official policy of profiling blacks, and that the university has a diverse population. Batchan said he has never seen any official written policy, but he believes it is an unspoken policy.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=11014

[Sal316]

1. ASU police are really a bunch of Nazis.

I've had to deal with them before and just have yet to find a good one.

[VermontDem2004]

2. I actually never had a run in

with ASU police, I seen them. But I have to say Mesa Police are real assholes.

[AlecBGreen]

3. sorry

but Blacksburg police (VA Tech) are the biggest dickheads in the world. YES I am a little jaded, but thats what happens when you live around these walking piles of penguin shit.