Brown University Faces Clery Act Investigation

0:00Senator Katie Britt called out Brown University for gross negligence under the Clary Act, saying it directly led to the shooting deaths of students. Ella Cook and McCommott Aziz Umurizok back in December 2025, plus nine others wounded. Over a decade, Brown pushed heavy diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts while downplaying police presence, leaving just five officers on duty that day. They canceled police lectures, shifted to community models over real security, and ignored multiple threats like bomb scares and potential mass shootings. Britt laid it all out in a Senate hearing, pointing to ignored warnings from staff who spotted the shooter casing the dorms, weeks ahead, unsecured. Doors letting robbers in earlier that year and a union no confidence vote against top cops just months before. The university waited 17 minutes after shots fired to alert students, had no working cameras, and spread false info about extra shooters. Letting the gunman fire 44 rounds unchallenged before escaping.

1:02Now the Department of Education is investigating Brown for Clary Act violations, as confirmed by Secretary Linda McMahon, and Britt wants full. Accountability to prevent more campus tragedies like the MIT professor killed days later. From your city, powered by AI, this is Birmingham News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.