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get through the doorway, and Silva
pushed Hallissey back, causing
him to fall over a chair and break
his wrist.
According to Hallissey, how¬
ever, no fight was going to take
place, he was trying to leave the
room, and accidentally bumped
into Siva on his way through the
crowded doorway.
He said at that point SUva then
shoved him backward s over the
chair.
Threats to education
As a result of the incident, Hal¬
lissey said he was threatened with
expulsion and put on academic
probation for something that
"could have been taken care of
internally."
Calling student affairs admin¬
istrators "men who don't ha ve any
backbone" and Campus Police "a
bunch of incompetent clowns,"
Hallissey said he was frustrated
with the University's "inconsisten¬
cies in penalties.
"I'm just frustrated with the
way Fresno State handled it in
general," he said. "They're so
apathetic, all they want to do is
dispose of everything and get it
through."
Hallissey said he has decided
not to return to CSUF for his
master's degree as a result of the
incident, and is now focusing on
his civil suit. '■    .'*.•<- i-,,,.i-
Denial of wrongdoing
Silva said the police department
denies any wrongdoing.
"Hetookthepunch at me," Silva
said. "If it had been a push I never
would have pushed him back. I
don't feel it was excessive force.
"I told him I feel bad about it
but it's one of those things that
happen."
Hallissey s suit alleges exces¬
sive force was used by officer
Jensen as well, for control hold
maneuvers used by Jensen in re¬
straining Hallissey after it was
determined that his wrist needed
medical attention, and Hallissey
was still attempting to leave the
building.
''Here I am handcuffed to a chair
Tm just so   ******
frustrated
with the
way Fresno
State
handled it in
general.
They're so
apathetic,
all they
want to do
is dispose
of everthing
and get it
through."
Ted
Halllsey
wrist on the
other side and
he's trying to
do control
holds on me,"
said Hallis¬
sey. "Like I'm
really going
to go any¬
where."
Silva said
restraint was
necessary
because de¬
partment pol¬
icy requires
that people
injured in al¬
tercations
with police be
treated for
injuries and
undergo blood alcohol content
Deflecting criticism
Hallissey is also contending he
was charged with assault as a way
to deflect criticism from Campus
Plaice, because he filed a claim for
his medical expenses witrtthe Slate
Board of Equalization.
He said he did not get notice
that a warrant had been issued for
his arrest until after he had re¬
ceived notice that a hearing would
be held to determine whether he
was entitled to payment of medi¬
cal expenses.
'It just seems like a major coin¬
cidence that (the warrant) came
after that action," he said, adding
that he thought the matter was
"dead" because it was a few days
before the time limit on filing the
charges.
"They waited five and a half
months to file with the DA's of¬
fice," he said. "If it was that serious
a deal, whydidn't theyget right on
it?"
Silva blamed backlog in the
DA's office for the time lapse.
Hallissey's final point of con¬
tention is that Campus Police offi-
cers declined to call for uninvolved
officers to come to USU 309 to make
theofficial police report, after being
requested by the elections com¬
mittee to do so.
No 'unbiased* account
"You're supposed to get an
unbiased account," Hallissey said.
"SUva approved all .the reports.
I'm sure (SUva, Jensen and Her-
nandez)all three satdown together
and wrote them out."
Suva responded, "Well, ifs my
shift. I was the officer in charge.
"It's our jurisdiction, we do the
investigation."
He said that the elections com¬
mittee asked for Fresno Police
Department officers to take the
report.
"First of all, they would never
come, second of all, ifs my respon¬
sibility."
"Whatever the law may be, neither
an individual nor a nation can
commit the least act of injustice
against the obscurest individual
without thaving to pay the penalty for
it."
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