BYU staffer filed police report over Black student filming on campus. Here’s what she said to officers.

The employee called school police shortly after her confrontation with student Sebastian Stewart-Johnson to report a “disturbance.”

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sebastian Stewart-Johnson, a member of BYU's Black Menaces, films a TikTok video with a student in Provo on Friday, April 8, 2022. A BYU staff member threatened Stewart-Johnson and reported him to campus police on September 19, 2023 for filming on campus; Stewart-Johnson said he isn't breaking the rules.

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BYU staffer filed police report over Black student filming on campus. Here’s what she said to officers.

The employee called school police shortly after her confrontation with student Sebastian Stewart-Johnson to report a “disturbance.”

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