Jacqui Green

Review of CWRU

The only reason I didn't give this institution a ...

The only reason I didn't give this institution a lower rating is because the option isn't available. Me and my sixty-one year old mother had the campus security or police called on us twice while we were doing legal research at Case Western Law Library. We were referred to this institution by a counselor from Mae Dugan Center. Me and my mom had visited the facility twice before my mother asked for assistance and was referred to speak with someone in the legal offices downstairs. She spoke with someone but never got a response after that meeting. And when we visited the law library again to do more research on our own we were approached by a security officer, showing a blurry cell phone picture of two women that they claimed to have defaced some property at the library. The security officer realized she had made a mistake, apologized and we thought the matter was settled until we came back about a week or so later and six or seven police officers show up with the same story. Again when me and my mother were approached by the officers we told them that the two women in the photo was neither of us. The officer that questioned us was rude when he asked for our identification despite seeing that the two women in the photo looked nothing like me or my mother. But I guess they assumed because the women in the photo were black and female meant we obviously were the same people. This many police officers showing up for something so frivolous was both offensive and a waste of time. The police officers left without incident and my mother and I left soon after. We haven't been back since. And neither of us will ever step foot on Case Western campuses again nor will I refer anyone to this institution. The officers did not apologize for the errror nor did the staff member who called them apologize. I guess doing legal research in a law library while black is a crime.