Duke Official Apologized for Lack of ‘Civility’ in Parking Dispute As Sit-in Over Racial Issues Continues
A top official at Duke University issued a public apology Monday afternoon, as protesters refused to leave a building until three administrators have been terminated and other demands met. Tallman Trask III, Duke’s executive vice president, was accused by a contract employee of hitting her with his car while she was trying to enforce parking restrictions before a football game in 2014, and calling her a racial slur. The Chronicle, Duke’s student newspaper, reported the incident between Trask and the employee, Shelvia Underwood, and his response that he did not intentionally hit her and that he absolutely did not call her a racial slur.
・ From The Washington Post