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Black employee at University of Massachusetts Amherst gets cops called on him for looking ‘agitated’

A University of Massachusetts Amherst employee claims he was stopped by officers on his walk to work after someone called to report an “agitated” black male on campus. Reginald Andrade believes he was clearly a victim of racial profiling.

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Andrade was going along with his normal routine last Friday when he was walking from his morning workout to his job in the disability office at the university, The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.

An unidentified person called the UMass Amherst anonymous tip line to report a Black man was carrying a low-hanging duffel bag and seemed agitated, according to a transcript of the call. Andrade said two officers questioned him without letting him know why. Andrade has worked for the university for 14 years. The building was locked down for about 30 minutes.