The officers raided their dorm suite at gunpoint after the
department received a false emergency call, claiming that two women inside the
dorm suite were going to be killed.
According to Boston Globe, the officers forced them from
their university residence on DeWolfe Street around 4 a.m and searched their
rooms.
David Madzivanyika said he awoke to the sound of banging on
the suite’s doorway, and was going to answer when officers opened the door and
came through with long guns.
He recalled raising his hands when an officer yelled
orders. " ‘Freeze! Put your hands where I can see them!’ " the
officer said, according to Madzivanyika.
“I was just thinking, ‘Please, Lord, not today,’ ”
Madzivanyika said. “It’s a scary time for anybody to have a gun pointed at
them, especially on a college campus.”
Madzivanyika remained disturbed by the ordeal, including
the hoax caller who appeared to know details about their dorm suite. But the
police response didn’t set him at ease.
“Just the fact that that call can be made . . . that’s
unsettling. And then the response, too, is also unsettling,” said Madzivanyika.
“I appreciate the police trying to do their job that they’re doing. But
definitely, more training is required.”
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