MADISON, Wis. – Are university police “perpetuating white supremacy” when they arrest a black student who is suspected of painting graffiti on buildings around campus?

Is it a case of “anti-black racism” when the police locate that student in class to arrest him, after trying for weeks without success to contact him?

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That’s the view of several hundred student protesters who hit the streets of Madison last week and left a list of demands for the university chancellor.

Student Denzel McDonald, apparently known as “King” on campus, was arrested April 14 for allegedly painting slogans like “The devil iz a white man,” “Racizm in the air. Don’t breathe,” and “Warning: slave society” on buildings around campus,’ according to MRCTV.org.

It reportedly cost the university about $4,000 to remove the graffiti, according the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The University of Wisconsin police department spent two weeks attempting to contact McDonald, the Journal Sentinel reported. Officers finally summoned McDonald out of one of his classes to make the arrest.

That move prompted several hundred students to walk out of class and stage a protest in Madison last Thursday that reportedly blocked traffic in some instances. It also prompted the protesters to leave a list of demands for university Chancellor Rebecca Blank taped to a statue of Lincoln near her office.

“Protesters demanded that criminal charges against the student be dropped; for university officials involved in the incident to resign; and for the dean of students to forgo the student conduct process so the young man can graduate in May,” the Journal Sentinel reported.

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“Student protesters also demanded community control or oversight of the campus police department and that the university return any of the arrested student’s personal property being held as evidence.

“The list of demands … gave campus administrators 48 hours to comply ‘or further action will be taken.’”

A Facebook page promoting the student protest dubbed the march, “We are God: A Day of Disrupting white Supremacy & Anti-Black Racism at UW-Madison.”

The “w” in the word “white” was not pointedly not capitalized, according to MRCTV.org

“At the same time (the student) was taken out of his classroom by UWPD (11:30am), we will be walking out of our classrooms to stand in solidarity with him and to organize against the anti-Black racism that has plagued our campus historically and contemporarily,” the Facebook page said.

“We will be delivering our demands to the chancellor and UWPD and need student support. We have to let them know that there are consequences for perpetuating white supremacy.”