Southern Univ. SGA Official Arrested


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"Eye Of The Tiger"
High-ranking SGA official arrested on campus
Published: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Southern University of-ficials remain upset at how law enforcement officials handled the arrest of a high-ranking Student Government Association official Thursday.
SGA Chief Justice Christopher Richardson, a senior political science major from Thibodaux, was arrested on charges of aggravated rape and oral sexual battery of a 15-year-old female.
?What upsets me is that they paraded him around the union. As the dean of students, it?s my job to protect everyone on this campus,? said Robert Bennett, dean of students. ?They should have contacted me and I would have talked to Christopher myself. He?s a good kid. I?ve known him since he was in school. All they had to do was speak to me and I would have brought him in.?
According to an initial Baton Rouge Police Department report obtained by the DIGEST and other media reports, the incident allegedly involving the 23-year-old Richardson took place Aug. 23 and was reported the next day, culminating with the alleged victim sustaining minor injury and visiting a local hospital. The Juvenile Sex Crimes Division was also notified.
His bail was set at $75,000 at the time of the arrest, but Richardson?s name did not show up on the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison?s Internet listing of inmates.

read more here http://www.southerndigest.com/1.756324
 
J-State2DaPoint said:
High-ranking SGA official arrested on campus
Published: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Southern University of-ficials remain upset at how law enforcement officials handled the arrest of a high-ranking Student Government Association official Thursday.
SGA Chief Justice Christopher Richardson, a senior political science major from Thibodaux, was arrested on charges of aggravated rape and oral sexual battery of a 15-year-old female.
?What upsets me is that they paraded him around the union. As the dean of students, it?s my job to protect everyone on this campus,? said Robert Bennett, dean of students. ?They should have contacted me and I would have talked to Christopher myself. He?s a good kid. I?ve known him since he was in school. All they had to do was speak to me and I would have brought him in.?
According to an initial Baton Rouge Police Department report obtained by the DIGEST and other media reports, the incident allegedly involving the 23-year-old Richardson took place Aug. 23 and was reported the next day, culminating with the alleged victim sustaining minor injury and visiting a local hospital. The Juvenile Sex Crimes Division was also notified.
His bail was set at $75,000 at the time of the arrest, but Richardson?s name did not show up on the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison?s Internet listing of inmates.

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Damn. :smh:
 

The Chief of SUPD makes some interesting comments...

"According to Bennett, SUPD Chief Michael Morris?accompanied by two off-campus police and two U.S. Marshals?entered the second floor of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union Thursday looking for Richardson, who was then handcuffed and escorted out of the union.
Although they were present at the arrest, Morris said they were only assisting the U.S. Marshals.
?We don?t respect criminals. The respect belongs to the 15-year-old girl,? Morris said. ?As far as I?m concerned, he?s a felon. You might be innocent until proven guilty, but when a judge has signed the warrant for probable cause, then it?s serious.
?Should he have been treated differently because he was in SGA? I think not. We didn?t beat him or curse at him. His Miranda Rights were read and he was handcuffed for his safety and ours.?
When asked how he felt about criticism on the way the arrest was handled, Chief Morris said, ?When ?they? get to be chief of SUPD, they can run the department how ever they see fit.?
Morris also added that Richardson?s arrest would not have taken place in the SGA office, but the previous three places they searched he was not there. Almost a month had passed from the time of the incident until the arrest.
?This was our last resort,? he said. ?Honestly, it broke my heart to do that. But that?s the law of the land and we have to respect that.?

I agree with him on the fact that they didnt' "Beat or curse him" so his arrest was fine. From the moment I read the article I couldn't understand why the university officials were upset over the way he was arrested. *shrugs* that's what happens when you get arrested. LOL They come find you and they put handcuffs on you and arrest you.

I also think he knew the police were looking for him.

I hope the 15 year old victim is alright.
 
southsuburbs said:
The Chief of SUPD makes some interesting comments...

"According to Bennett, SUPD Chief Michael Morris?accompanied by two off-campus police and two U.S. Marshals?entered the second floor of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union Thursday looking for Richardson, who was then handcuffed and escorted out of the union.
Although they were present at the arrest, Morris said they were only assisting the U.S. Marshals.
?We don?t respect criminals. The respect belongs to the 15-year-old girl,? Morris said. ?As far as I?m concerned, he?s a felon. You might be innocent until proven guilty, but when a judge has signed the warrant for probable cause, then it?s serious.
?Should he have been treated differently because he was in SGA? I think not. We didn?t beat him or curse at him. His Miranda Rights were read and he was handcuffed for his safety and ours.?
When asked how he felt about criticism on the way the arrest was handled, Chief Morris said, ?When ?they? get to be chief of SUPD, they can run the department how ever they see fit.?
Morris also added that Richardson?s arrest would not have taken place in the SGA office, but the previous three places they searched he was not there. Almost a month had passed from the time of the incident until the arrest.
?This was our last resort,? he said. ?Honestly, it broke my heart to do that. But that?s the law of the land and we have to respect that.?

I agree with him on the fact that they didnt' "Beat or curse him" so his arrest was fine. From the moment I read the article I couldn't understand why the university officials were upset over the way he was arrested. *shrugs* that's what happens when you get arrested. LOL They come find you and they put handcuffs on you and arrest you.

I also think he knew the police were looking for him.

I hope the 15 year old victim is alright.
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Casey Im with you on this one...His whole career ucked up, just for a FEELING.
 
This is really a sad situation for all involved. I pray that the young lady is not scarred for life
and I also pray that the truth comes out and justice be served.
 
He obviously wasn't hiding out if he was in the student union and in his office of all places.

The alleged incident happened right around the time they shut the school down for Gustav so that's 1.5-2 weeks of non activity by officials there.
 
jag4life said:
He obviously wasn't hiding out if he was in the student union and in his office of all places.

The alleged incident happened right around the time they shut the school down for Gustav so that's 1.5-2 weeks of non activity by officials there.
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That's the part I don't understand.:xeye:

They said because of the hurricane, they could not find him with all the "going on's".
This guy was the SGA President of Southern University.
They knew where he live and where he went to school.
I just don't see how U.S. Marshall's could not find this guy for a month when he was out, not hiding from anyone on SU's campus being a student.
What was so hard about it?

Like you said.
He damm sure was not hiding hanging out in what I'm sure was a packed house.
Not to mention, I'll bet damm near everyone in his hometown and on campus knew this guy and could tell them where he was in a heartbeat.

I don't understand why it was so hard to find him until they made him do a "perp" walk through the student Union.
I'm willing to bet the SGA President of SOUTHERN had specific student housing.:xeye:
 
Well they said the previous places they searched he wasn't there.

I still don't see why the Bennett (SU) person says the way he was arrested was wrong.

That shouldnt' even have been given attention.
 

players said:
That's the part I don't understand.:xeye:

They said because of the hurricane, they could not find him with all the "going on's".
This guy was the SGA President of Southern University.
They knew where he live and where he went to school.
I just don't see how U.S. Marshall's could not find this guy for a month when he was out, not hiding from anyone on SU's campus being a student.
What was so hard about it?

Like you said.
He damm sure was not hiding hanging out in what I'm sure was a packed house.
Not to mention, I'll bet damm near everyone in his hometown and on campus knew this guy and could tell them where he was in a heartbeat.

I don't understand why it was so hard to find him until they made him do a "perp" walk through the student Union.
I'm willing to bet the SGA President of SOUTHERN had specific student housing.:xeye:
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He's the Chief Justice. Not the SGA President.
 
PsychoJag said:
He's the Chief Justice. Not the SGA President.
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Still...............:tup:
Don't see why it was so hard to find the guy.
Damm sure did not look like he was running from nobody. :)

Like I said I hope it's not true but I wish both the best.
Gotta let the law play out now.:)
 
He's back at school now, don't know the status of the case as of right now. The last update was that he was fighting to keep his position as Chief Justice and that he is indeed innocent.
 
I wish him the best. From my personal situation at JSU, I know how it feels to be paraded around campus and blasted in the media like some common criminal. the good thing is that he has the BRPD investigating this and not the school PD. Maybe, they will actually investigate the case and not just try to make a quick statement for PR reasons like another administration that I know.
 
jsupop33 said:
I wish him the best. From my personal situation at JSU, I know how it feels to be paraded around campus and blasted in the media like some common criminal. the good thing is that he has the BRPD investigating this and not the school PD. Maybe, they will actually investigate the case and not just try to make a quick statement for PR reasons like another administration that I know.
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Good perspective. I can only imagine what you went through.
 
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