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Three security guards from the University of Manchester were suspended after a video emerged in which a student claimed to be the victim of racial discrimination.
University heads launched an investigation into the incident that took place outside the Oak House residences on the Fallowfield campus in the early hours of Saturday.
Images posted on Twitter show the student pressed against a wall as guards demand to see his ID card.
Urging viewers to record what is happening, the student says, “I am a student at the University of Manchester.
“They’re trying to take my card from me. See, I’m taking this racial profiling. You didn’t go for them, you came for me.”
The student then shows the guards his badge that says’ Read what it says, read what it says. Read it out loud. That’s me?’.
A freshman who recorded the video said that moments earlier guards had approached the student telling him that there were reports of drug trafficking on campus and that “it appeared he did not belong there.”
She said: “It all happened pretty fast. The security guards stopped him. They didn’t actually give him a chance to get his identification out.
“They pinned him against the wall and somehow mistreated him.
“They said there had been a lot of drug trafficking and that he didn’t seem to belong there.
“I have never seen the security guards ask anyone for identification.”
A spokesperson for the University of Manchester said: “We are deeply concerned by these images.
“We have spoken with the student in question, we have initiated a full investigation and we have suspended the security officers (without prejudice) pending the results of this investigation.”
The incident is the latest in a series of controversies for the university in recent weeks.
On Sunday, Vice Chancellor Nancy Rothwell and several other senior staff members were due to meet with student representatives from the Fallowfield residence halls and the Student Union to discuss concerns about the university’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Earlier this month, hundreds of students protested after metal barriers were put up around campus amid concerns about people violating the Covid-19 lockdown.
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