Posted on 10/17/2007 8:05:37 AM PDT by RedsHunter
Isabella County [Michigan] prosecutors will not press charges in two related cases filed this week involving a CMU [Central Michigan University] student and a university administrator, said Steve Smith, director of media relations.
Topinabee junior Dennis Lennox II and Pam Gates, interim dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, each filed incident reports and charges with CMU Police following a Monday incident.
CMU Police handed the reports to the prosecutor's office.
Even though the county isn't pressing charges, the university is going forward with an investigation of its own.
"I would just say that the university is disappointed in the events that occurred," Smith said.
During the incident, which took place between 3 and 4 p.m. in the reception area of Gates' office, Lennox said he attempted to serve the administrator with papers requesting access to e-mails under the Freedom of Information Act. Lennox said he asked Gates for every correspondence concerning Griffin Endowed Chair Gary Peters and himself.
Lennox, president of Students Against Gary Peters, said Gates initially denied his request but accepted it after talking to legal counsel.
"She grudgingly accepted (the papers)," he said.
However, Lennox said he was worried Gates would change her mind about accepting the papers and took out his camcorder to record her reaction.
Gates then swatted the camera and asked Lennox to leave her office.
The video of Gates swatting the camera showed up Monday night on the popular Web site Youtube.com, as well as on channel 5 WNEM News.
Gates was called for comment Tuesday morning and did not return messages as of press time.
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For those interested, the video of the incident is also posted today on RedState.Org.
Who the hell is Roscoe?
In a public setting?
Video and audio recording, Roscoe wrote, is not protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Now, that statement is just laughable...
Ah, heck with him. Now if it was Buford T. Justice, I might pay attention.
You call that assault?
Baloney! ! !
That is a chicken-shick little slap of the camera when it was almost right in her face, and to elevate that to assault is really childishness.
A solid punch in the face with a balled-up fist, or a whack with a bat - that’s assault. And of course, you can elevate it far beyond this.
But to call her slap of that camera assault is really a whiney cry-baby waa-waa-waa embarassment.
Yup, that's assault, which is the threat or attempt to strike another, whether successful or not. The actual hit is called battery.
I’VE got yer battery - Right Here!!!
(picture of pink rabbit marching...)
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