A black University of Massachusetts employee is claiming he was the victim of racial profiling.
Reginald Andrade, who works as a case manager in the disability services office, was stopped by police on Friday after someone called the university's tip line and said a very agitated black man had walked into an administration building with a heavy duffel bag.
The building was locked down for 45 minutes.
University police chief Tyrone Parham told the UMass student newspaper that based on the suspicious details of the call on the tip line - specifically, the behavior that was described - it was determined the police department needed to promptly investigate the matter.