The American Diabetes Association (ADA) said it concluded its review of events that occurred during its annual meeting in June, but those who were thrown out of the meeting aren't satisfied with the answer.
ADA hasn't made its report public, but announced the findings in a press release. It described the review as "independent," conducted by its audit and governance committee at the request of its board of directors.
It concluded that the five ADA members who were booted from the meeting while handing out copies of an editorial critical of the Trump administration -- who became known as the New Orleans five -- were "removed due to conduct that disrupted the event and violated the ADA Attendee Code of Conduct."
The content of the editorial being distributed, which had been previously published in the ADA's flagship journal Diabetes Care, was "unrelated to their removal," according to the press release.
Also, there was "no evidence that a call was placed to the New Orleans Police Department by anyone from the ADA," the release stated, noting that the officers had been contracted by the event security provider, which "took appropriate actions in response to the disruptions."
