The Denver Post is reporting that Colorado State University officials are investigating an event that reportedly took place during a campus tour on Monday, where two Native American men were taken out of the tour after a parent on that tour called in campus police—the charge? They were making her nervous.
Police questioned the men and allowed them to rejoin the tour, but by the time they were released, the group had moved on without them. The men then returned to CSU’s Ammons Hall before leaving campus and going home to New Mexico. [...]
“This incident is sad and frustrating from nearly every angle, particularly the experience of two students who were here to see if this was a good fit for them,” university officials said in an e-mail to students Wednesday.
“As a University community, we deeply regret the experience of these students, while they were guests on our campus,” officials said.
According to the school, the tour guide did not know that the students had been pulled away by campus police and continued on without them out of ignorance. According to Denver 7, the ABC affiliate, the school has reached out to the families of the two prospective students.
“The fact that these two students felt unwelcome on our campus while here as visitors runs counter to our Principles of Community and the goals and aspirations of the CSU Police Department, even as they are obligated to respond to an individual’s concern about public safety, as well as the principles of our Office of Admissions,” they continued.
The officials said they had reached out to the men’s families and would be meeting to discuss how a similar incident can be prevented and better responded to in the future.
The parent who called the police, and is anonymous at this point, has been criticized because … well, this seems pretty racist.