The police chief of Indiana University has been dismissed following the 2022 arrest of a Black graduate student over a $3 parking fee and subsequent lawsuit filed against the school in Bloomington, Indiana.
Moses Baryoh Jr. was arrested on Sept. 7, 2022, after the parking attendants at the IU campus gym parking lot called the police after refusing his cash payment for a $3 parking fee.
Baryoh — who was pursuing his master’s degree in public health in administration and behavior at the time while working for Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim Advocacy at the university — had just finished his workout at the university’s gym when he tried to pay the $3 parking fee with a $5 bill.
However, the parking attendant told the graduate student that he could only pay with a card attached to his bursar account for an additional $10. The attendant then opened the gate after some miscommunication, and Baryoh later noted that he drove home with the understanding that his bursar account would be charged for the fee.
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However, the parking attendants called the police, and IU Police Department officers Austin Magness and Charlotte Watts were dispatched to his home after first obtaining his picture from IU staff.
Baryoh was in the shower when the officers knocked, and he yelled that he was in the shower and couldn’t hear anything. The officers returned to their car but later returned upon seeing Baryoh wearing no shirt and a pair of shorts outside and detained him. They did not immediately mention the parking dispute, body camera footage shows.
“You Moses?” asked Magness after seeing Baryoh outside.
“Yeah,” replied Baryoh.
“What’s up, Buddy? Can you come chat with me real fast? Do you have any idea why I’m here?”
“I don’t,” replied…
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