#OpBridgewater - In The Beginning

Part Three

A Campus Policy (Revisited) During the time I was still a student at Bridgewater State College, the Dean of Student Affairs said campus policy, "guides the reinstatement process". The first paragraph stated: A student may be required to seek professional help if physical and psychological health problems place that student's life in potential danger; impair that his/her ability to maintain an academic program; or when his/her behavior is a serious disruption to others. That kind of thing works when the doctors actually do their jobs and examine their patients.

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However, on April 15, 2004, no doctor examined me, I was never brought before a judge--both of which are required by Massachusetts state law--and I was still removed from campus in handcuffs.   Furthermore, at every opportunity Dr. Grace Siebert-Larke avoided contact with me, and during the entire sordid episode, the doctor continually made assertions about my character and my life that were not true. Worse yet, as a hospitalized student I got no advocacy from the Counseling Center staff, who let me languish in the psych ward at Brockton Hospital past the time allowed by the state of Massachusetts (I got six days, but the state limit at the time was four days).

#OpBridgewater - In The Beginning

Part One

On April 15, 2004, I was involuntarily committed at the request of Dr. Grace Siebert-Larke.  At the time she was Head of the Counseling Center on the campus of Bridgewater State College (now Bridgewater State University) in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. I was not examined by her.  

Letter: Waiver of Liability by Dana Mohler-Faria, President of Bridgewater State.pdf

As the result of the actions taken against me by Dr. Siebert-Larke and other members of the Counseling Center, in an unprovoked and unwarranted attack on my civil rights, I was escorted from my class at the Bridgewater State College library by law enforcement officers of Bridgewater State College Campus Police, led by Chief David Tillinghast.  

In an unnecessary display of force authorized by the Counseling Center, I was handcuffed, and then questioned by Chief Tillinghast.  After my person was searched, I was escorted off campus and transported to the psychiatric ward at Brockton Hospital without a hearing before a judge.   

Bridgewater State rape case timeline

These humiliating events took place in spite of the fact that I had an unblemished record as a student at Massachusetts colleges, no record of violent crime anywhere in twenty-two years of civilian life, and not so much as a traffic ticket in the state of Massachusetts.  

#OpBridgewater: Required Reading 4

Final Response to BSC President Dana Mohler-Faria.pdf

#OpBridgewater: Required Reading 2

A Letter to Bridgewater State President,  Mr. Dana Mohler-Faria

The Curious Case of Al Wiggins Jr v. Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA | Original Complaint.pdf

#OpBridgewater: Required Reading 1

The Summary Judgement

Alfred Wiggins Jr v Bridgewater State College.pdf

Slander

Slander by Al Wiggins Jr

Slander: When someone lies upon your name
and tries say you live of a live of blame.
In this day of racial profiling,
a few code words can have cops mobilizing
on any student in the campus community.
You think it can't happen? Well look at me!
In the land of the brave and the home of the free,
I got handcuffed at a library
behind slander

Slander: When someone tells a bunch of lies
on a person that they despise.
You're not judged by your records, words or deeds
because the words used against you are a poisonous seed,
planted in the mind of an ignorant square
who should have done due diligence but didn't care.
So you're stereotyped without a gander
and the reason for this travesty
is slander.

Slander can destroy your life
if you can't handle that kind of strife.
When a campus employee does you wrong
and all her co-workers just play along,
a person with a weak constitution
can get waylaid by an institution
when the leadership is also to blame.
And it's just a damned shame that its all
about slander.

A doctor made a mistake when she sent the law
to handcuff an individual she never saw.
Here's the part that never fails to astound me
The law says a doctor must assess you directly
before an involuntary committment
Now let me share a little secret:
The doctor said a professor's report sealed the deal
but let me tell you pilgrim: That crap wasn't real.
It was slander.