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In late November after the non-indictment of Darren Wilson, Kiki and a group of other students were putting up a poster when campus Safety and Security (S&S) chased the students, and tackled and assaulted Kiki. They responded to this assault by using words to call attention to the pervasive racism in this country and in this town. S&S was worried that they could not control Kiki and called the local police, and two officers showed up. S&S and the police officers gave no instruction to them other than “calm down,” and a few minutes later the police officers tackled Kiki to the ground.
Kiki was arrested for disorderly conduct persisting for speaking the truth, accused with assault while S&S was tackling them to the ground, and also accused with resisting arrest when Kiki could not twist their hands behind their back fast enough as the two officers had their knees in Kiki's back while Kiki was being pinned on their stomach.
After being dragged in and out of court for many months, their trial was finally held on April 15. Towards the end of the trial, the assault charge was dropped, and Kiki was found not guilty for resisting arrest and guilty for disorderly conduct persisting.
Despite only being charged with disorderly conduct persisting, this entire process has shown the immense racism embedded in all facets of our society. Kiki has been forced to spend time, energy, and money to navigate the legal bureaucracy—on top of being a hardworking student and community organizer—with little support from the college’s administration.
In addition to doing 50 hours of community service, Kiki has to pay almost $900 for court fees/fines, and raise money for another lawyer. Please donate if you are able to in order to provide financial support as well as stress relief. This whole process has dragged on for too long, and will continue to unless Kiki receives the financial support they need.
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