Colgate University Goes On Lockdown Over Hot Glue GunHamilton, New York’s Colgate University went on lock-down Monday evening for four hours after police received reports of an active shooter on campus.
A Colgate student called campus safety to alert them that they had seen a black man with what appeared to be a gun.
While there was a black man with a gun, it was a hot glue gun and he was working on an art project.
Colgate University President Brian W. Casey is calling for an investigation into the incident he described as a “profound error” and said there was “implicit racial bias.”
“It is important that we understand the role that implicit racial bias had in the initial reporting of and responses to the events of (Monday) night.
I want to make sure we speak with those who made and received the initial report to understand the role this played,” Casey said in a statement on Tuesday..."