GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Campus police arrested a University of Florida history senior inside a classroom building Wednesday after he was accused of stealing two large televisions from another UF building in August.
A video of Wednesday’s arrest showed at least four uniformed officers holding down Tyler Anthony Brown, 29, of Miami, in the Keene-Flint Hall classroom building as a fifth officer in plain clothes watched. The building houses UF’s history department.
It is highly unusual for police to arrest a student inside a classroom building in the middle of a weekday, when classes are usually full. The video circulated across social media platforms Wednesday afternoon…