after a classmates video of her went viral on social media the student who was removed from the class addressed the controversy on twitter the girl who was escorted out had her feet up on a chair in front of her there was no one around her and she wasnt disturbing anyone the student who asked not to be identified told abc news its something that we need to address immediately as a university community upon entering class i was told i needed to leave or would be escorted out by officers i never disobeyed the student code of conduct another student from the biology class told abc news the incident apparently stemmed from a runin the classmate had with the lecturer on friday the new incident occurred on monday in a biology class at the university of texas at san antonio taylor eighmy the schools president said in a statement on monday the lecturer began the class by handing out a paper on civility and walked up to the africanamerican student she had scolded before about having her feet on a seat and spoke to her prior to calling the university police the student told abc news an african american student at the university of texas at san antonio was removed from class by police after her biology professor reportedly complained she had her show more judith77980twitter the lecturer was identified by students to abc news but attempts to reach her for comment wednesday were not successful thanks for your support more from bbq becky to golfcart gail list of unnecessary 911 calls made on blacks continues to grow apurva rawal recorded video of the incident with his cellphone and posted it on twitter writing so this happened today in class a girl had her feet up and the professor called the police after calling our class uncivil education officials in texas launched an investigation into the possible discrimination of an africanamerican student after a white lecturer was recorded on a cellphone video having police remove her from a classroom allegedly according to witnesses for having her feet on the seat in front of her days earlier this concerns me greatly and its incumbent upon us as an institution to face this headon an african american student at the university of texas at san antonio was removed from class by police after her biology professor reportedly complained she had her show more judith77980twitter eighmy said a second inquiry regarding the academic management of the classroom is being conducted by the universitys interim dean of the college of sciences while the facts arent fully known regarding the incident our office of equal opportunity services is already conducting an investigation into possible discrimination eighmy said not once wrote the student tweeting under the handle favoritepaigeee however the professor went up to her and told her to please place her feet down and she did many of the incidents have been recorded on cellphone videos and have exploded