THREE MEN ACCUSED OF RAPE IN AN INCIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO ARE NOW FILING A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST CAMPUS POLICE. CRUSOE GONGBAY, RYAN RUFF, AND SAQWAN EDWARDS WERE ALL THREE CLEARED OF THE CHARGES … AND NOW THEIR LAWYER SAYS AUDIO OF A POLICE CONVERSATION PROVES CAMPUS COPS WERE OUT TO GET THEM.
GONGBAY, EDWARDS, AND RUFF ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN. THEIR LAWYER TELLS KOB-TV THAT ONE UNM DETECTIVE IS HEARD IN THAT AUDIO DISCUSSING WHAT THE CASE COULD MEAN FOR HIS CAREER.
UNM IS STANDING BY THE CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
