{"id":24644,"date":"2026-02-02T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24644"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:40:07","slug":"cayden-browns-legal-rights-in-police-encounters-training-comes-to-mcnichols-campus-for-black-history-month-feb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/02\/cayden-browns-legal-rights-in-police-encounters-training-comes-to-mcnichols-campus-for-black-history-month-feb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cayden Brown&#8217;s &#8216;Legal Rights in Police Encounters&#8217; training comes to McNichols Campus for Black History Month, Feb. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Black History Month, Detroit Mercy student <a href=\"https:\/\/thecaydenbrown.com\/\">Cayden Brown<\/a>, historian of UDM&#8217;s Black Student Union, will give a presentation titled <em>Legal Rights in Police Encounters. <\/em>This award\u2011winning lecture and training is designed to empower young people with clear, practical knowledge of their rights during police situations.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture will take place on <strong>Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6:30 p.m.,<\/strong> in Room 124 of the Health Professions Facility. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>This engaging presentation offers a step\u2011by\u2011step walkthrough of what individuals\u2014especially youth of color\u2014are legally entitled to during police encounters. Brown outlines proven strategies for self\u2011protection without escalation and equips participants with a ready\u2011to\u2011use protocol they can carry into subsequent interactions.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has delivered this training nationwide, including its debut at Colin Kaepernick\u2019s <em>Know Your Rights Camp<\/em>, and now comes to Detroit Mercy for this important campus conversation.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Detroit, Brown is an American child rights defender and award-winning activist, known for his impact on juvenile justice at a notably young age. His work has been featured in <em>Forbes<\/em> and <em>TIME<\/em>, and his voice heard before the world\u2019s largest platforms, including the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24643 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?resize=993%2C1324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Event flyer titled \u201cLegal Rights in Police Encounters,\u201d labeled as an award winning lecture. The flyer features a speaker holding a microphone and speaking to an audience. Event details include: Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Health Professions Building, Room 124. The lecture is described as a walkthrough of individual rights during police encounters, offering clear strategies and a ready to use protocol. The speaker is Cayden Brown, an award winning civil rights defender and international speaker featured in Time and the United Nations. The website www.thecaydenbrown.com is listed, along with UDM CHASS logo.\" width=\"993\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?resize=413%2C550&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Black History Month, Detroit Mercy welcomes student and Black Student Union historian Cayden Brown for Legal Rights in Police Encounters, an award\u2011winning presentation focused on empowering young people\u2014especially youth of color\u2014with practical knowledge of their rights during police interactions. The lecture takes place Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Health Professions Facility, Room 124.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[825,812,3262,7280,6164,6165,1146,7281,110],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/LegalRights_PoliceEncounters_Flyer_Print_FINAL.png?fit=825%2C1100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6pu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24644"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24658,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644\/revisions\/24658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}