Dive Summary:
- University of South Alabama students are petitioning the school to reevaluate the campus police department's training and equipment following the shooting of unarmed freshman Gil Collar on campus Saturday.
- Deputies say USA police officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Collar after Collar took LSD at BayFest and returned to campus, where he assaulted people in two cars and was shown on surveillance video banging on the USA police station's windows before Austin exited the building with his gun drawn.
- The petition--created Tuesday on Change.org by nursing student Caroline de Freitas--had received 60 of 100 requested signatures prior to a protest held at the police station Wednesday morning.
From the article:
MOBILE, Alabama -- Students at the University of South Alabama are asking the school to reevaluate training and equipment at the campus police department after an unarmed freshman was shot and killed on campus Saturday. Gil Collar, 18, was killed by USA police officer Trevis Austin, 27, after deputies said Collar took LSD at BayFest and returned to campus, where he assaulted people in two cars. Surveillance video taken at the USA police station shows Collar banging on the station's windows before Austin comes out with his gun drawn, according to deputies. ...