Duke University has dropped its disciplinary investigation into a student who was arrested during a protest at an ICE detention center in Miami last fall, according to the student — and she says the outcome is a result of community pressure on the university.
Duke junior and Miami native Artivista Karlin, 21, was among 30 people arrested in November when protesters blocked the entrance to Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County. Three months after the arrest, Karlin got an email from Duke notifying her that the school was investigating her for potential violation of its policies regarding “Disruption, Interference, and Disorderly Conduct.”
At a conference between Karlin and university leadership Friday, administrators informed Karlin that they were no longer pursuing the investigation, she announced on social media…