SERIOUSLY
SERIOUSLY DRIVES THIS SHOW. >> SO WITH THAT, LET'S GET
STARTED AND WE'LL START WITH
OUR BIG STORY.
>> LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
OVER THE LAST YEAR HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR PROTEST AND RIOT RELATED
VIOLENCE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE
FACING FELONY CHARGES INCLUDING
AT LEAST THREE LOCAL COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. SO WE WONDERED WHAT ACTION DO
UNIVERSITIES TAKE WHEN THEIR
OWN STUDENTS ARE ARRESTED?
HERE'S WHAT KYLE IBOSHI FOUND
OUT ABOUT COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE
LONG BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF PROTEST AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
MOVEMENTS FROM THE ANTI-WAR
DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE 1960S TO
THE RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
LAST SUMMER.
LAST SUMMER. STUDENTS AND ACTIVISM OFTEN GO
HAND IN HAND.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE
MOVEMENTS LEAVE CAMPUS AND SOME
OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ACCUSED
OF COMMITTING CRIMES?
A KGW INVESTIGATION FOUND LOCAL
UNIVERSITIES VARY WIDELY IN
THEIR HANDLING OF ARRESTED
STUDENTS, SOME TAKING SWIFT
ACTION WHILE OTHERS WAIT FOR
CRIMINAL TRIALS TO PLAY OUT.
>> IN MARCH, MATTHEW CLIM
AND HIS BROTHER JONATHANPETER
KLEIN WERE ARRESTED BY FEDERAL
AGENTS AFTER ALLEGEDLY
BREACHING THE US CAPITOL DURING
THE INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6TH
.
.
. MATTHEW
. MATTHEW WAS A SENIOR AT GEORGE
FOX UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME A
PRIVATE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN
NEWBURGH IN AN EMAIL SENT TO
KGW, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
SCHOOL SAID THAT KLEIN HAD BEEN
DISMISSED FROM THE UNIVERSITY
AND IS BARRED FROM CAMPUS,
ADDING THAT STUDENT DISCIPLINE
IS DEALT WITH ON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS.
BASIS.
BASIS. THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT COMMENT
FURTHER DUE TO LEGAL
AND PRIVACY CONCERNS.
BOTH KLEIN BROTHERS NOW FACE
MULTIPLE FEDERAL CHARGES
RANGING FROM CONSPIRACY TO
DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. >> WHILE IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT SORT
OF INTERNAL INVESTIGATION KLINE
FACED, PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE
SAME DUE PROCESS AS PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES.
UNIVERSITIES. MOST UNIVERSITIES HAVE UNIQUE
STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES THAT
STUDENTS AGREE TO RULES THAT IF
VIOLATED COULD RESULT IN
SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION AND IN
SOME CASES THOSE STANDARDS CAN
APPLY TO OFF CAMPUS BEHAVIOR
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON'S STUDENT CODE OF
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT. THE UNIVERSITY MAY APPLY THE
STUDENT CONDUCT CODE TO
STUDENTS WHOSE OFF CAMPUS
BEHAVIOR HAS A SIGNIFICANT
ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, ITS
MEMBERS AND OR THE PURSUIT
OF ITS MISSION AND EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES.
OBJECTIVES. BUT DECIDING WHEN TO PURSUE AN
INVESTIGATION IS UP TO THE
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. JUST LAST MONTH, 19 YEAR OLD
ALMA RAVEN WATO, A STUDENT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, WAS
ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING
FIRE TO THE PORTLAND POLICE
UNION BUILDING.
UNION BUILDING. SHE NOW FACES A FEDERAL ARSON
CHARGE AND UP TO 20 YEARS IN
PRISON IF CONVICTED.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE UVO
CONFIRMED RAVEN IS STILL
ENROLLED BUT SAID THE
UNIVERSITY COULD NOT SHARE
INFORMATION ON A STUDENT'S
CONDUCT STATUS.
CONDUCT STATUS. EXPERTS SAY SCHOOLS CAN'T TAKE
ACTION PRIOR TO A CRIMINAL
CONVICTION BUT ONLY IN SOME
CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN DEALING WITH
POTENTIAL FELONY BEHAVIOR.
>> A SCHOOL PROBABLY CAN
SUSPEND A STUDENT WHILE CHARGES
ARE PENDING IF THEY BELIEVE
THERE'S A CREDIBLE THREAT TO
THE SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. >> JOE COHEN IS THE LEGISLATIVE
AND POLICY DIRECTOR FOR FIRE
THE FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS IN EDUCATION, A
NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR
STUDENTS RIGHTS ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES.
CAMPUSES.
CAMPUSES. >> BUT DESPITE A LEGAL GRAY
AREA, SOME SCHOOLS SAID THEY
WAIT UNTIL CRIMINAL TRIALS HAVE
CONCLUDED BEFORE CONDUCTING AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. THEODORE MATHEE O'BRIEN IS A
STUDENT REED COLLEGE IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND.
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND. ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS
SINCE LAST JULY MATTHEW O'BRIEN
HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FOUR
SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE 22 YEAR OLD NOW FACES
NUMEROUS CRIMINAL CHARGES
STEMMING FROM PROTEST RELATED
VIOLENCE INCLUDING AN APRIL
16TH INCIDENT WHERE POLICE SAY
MATTHEW O'BRIEN SMASHED THE
WINDOWS OF THE OREGON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN A PRESS
CONFERENCE LAST MONTH.
PORTLAND MAYOR TED WHEELER
ALLUDED TO MATTHEW O'BRIEN'S
CASE AND CALLED ON THE STUDENT
TO BE EXPELLED IF HE IS FOUND
GUILTY.
GUILTY.
GUILTY. >> I NOTED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED
IS A STUDENT ONE OF THE
NATION'S MOST EXPENSIVE ELITE
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES THAT
HAPPENS TO BE LOCATED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS
CONVICTED, I HOPE HE'S
EXPELLED.
EXPELLED.
EXPELLED. WE REACHED OUT TO REED COLLEGE
TO SEE IF ANY DISCIPLINARY
ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SCHOOL
SAID IT CANNOT COMMENT ON THE
CONDUCT OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
BUT THAT THE COLLEGE'S
ADJUDICATION PROCESS WOULD ONLY
BEGIN AFTER A COURT CASE IS
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED. COHN SAYS IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR
UNIVERSITIES TO WAIT UNTIL A
CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS CONCLUDED
PARTLY BECAUSE STATEMENTS MADE
DURING CAMPUS INVESTIGATIONS
CAN BE USED AGAINST STUDENTS IN
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. >>
COURT. >> SO EVEN THOUGH THE DEAN
CAN'T SENTENCE A STUDENT TO
TIME BEHIND BARS IF THEY'RE
SPEAKING FREELY ABOUT POTENTIAL
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR TO THE
CAMPUS, THEY WAIVE THEIR FIFTH
AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN THEIR
CRIMINAL TRIAL LATER ON BECAUSE
THE TRANSCRIPT OF THAT CRIMINAL
OF THAT CAMPUS PROCEEDING CAN
JUST BE READ TO THE JURY IN THE
CRIMINAL CASE.
CRIMINAL CASE. >> IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY
COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED DURING PROTESTS
AND RIOTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
>> BUT THESE THREE REFLECT THE
VARIED RESPONSES FROM
UNIVERSITIES IN DETERMINING
WHETHER