Ex-NCAA football player claims rights being violated amid police investigation
Former Michigan linebacker Elysee Mbem-Bosse, who was investigated by campus police after a series of tweets this month referencing guns and appearing to threaten Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh, has fired off more rants on Twitter.
On Sunday morning, he apologized for his previous tweets “regarding the safety of Coach Harbaugh” but then claimed University of Michigan police are persecuting him.
Mbem-Bosse tweeted that he’s “being harassed by the university police and being told I’m mentally ill without proper evaluation.”
He said those actions are “against my civil rights.”
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/988058460402126848
The university’s police department opened an investigation into Mbem-Bosse after he posted tweets mentioning murder and open carry laws and calling Harbaugh a “f—ing” clown.
University Deputy Police Chief Melissa Overton said in a statement via The Detroit News last week that no crime has been committed “at this stage” but the department will “continue to assess the situation.”
Mbem-Bosse didn’t specify in Sunday’s tweet how police were harassing him, but he posted a video Friday of his car being towed, calling it “unlawful s—.”
“Look at this,” he said in the video. “This is f—ing harassment. Why is my car being towed and I got time in my meter? Did somebody move my car?”
Mbem-Bosse has since posted several more tweets suggesting he is being targeted with lies.
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/987502352407113728
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/987747540400558081
He also tweeted several audio recordings that purportedly include encounters with campus officials and police.
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/988512210719772672
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/988756429367664641
https://twitter.com/ElyseeBoss/status/988507291619151872
Overton told The News in an email Sunday, “Nothing has changed and I can’t release anything else due to privacy laws.”
“We continue to assess and evaluate,” she said.
Harbaugh says Mbem-Bosse left the Wolverines football team in November; Mbem-Bosse says he was kicked off the team while he was dealing with a family issue and wasn’t offered an explanation.
Mbem-Bosse was a four-star linebacker in the Class of 2016 and played in seven games as a freshman. He then played four games in 2017 before departing the team.
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