The police report, however, does not mentionNtshanga's question. It says instead, "[Ntshanga]replied go ahead and arrest me; I want to bearrested."

The police did not make any attempt to reachmanagers.

Larry Cheng `96, the current linen manager forHSA, confirmed that Ntshanga was an employee witha right to be in Matthews that morning.

"[Ntshanga] has been around for three yearsbecause he was done such a good job," Cheng toldThe Crimson. "He basically knew his job inside andout."

Ntshanga has since quit working with HSA topursue other jobs, Cheng said.

"When Ntshanga exclaimed that the police werewell aware of who he was, one officer asked him,since he did not have his Harvard ID, perhaps hehad a welfare card," Silverglate said in hisletter to Marshall.

"That is when I went numb," Ntshanga recalls.

But Police Chief Paul E. Johnson says hisofficers "often ask for a welfare card" when theysuspect a person might be homeless.

"That is not a racist remark--we ask it of allraces," Johnson says.

According to Silverglate's letter, Ntshangacontinued to protest the welfare remark at whichpoint Stanford remarked: "Enough of this attitudebullshit... We're going to play the hard way--theway you want to play it...We're teaching this boya lesson."

Stanford, who was in training this past week,did not respond to messages through hersupervisor, Police Lt. John Rooney, and Johnson,to comment on her alleged statements.

Johnson denied the charges against hissergeant.

"I don't think any of that is true," he said."We don't treat minorities, whether it be studentsor civilians, by calling them names."

Ntshanga was handcuffed and taken to the policestation where he arrived at roughly 7 a.m..

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