Weber State University: Investigation Into Professor Over Tweets Supporting Police Violence Against Journalist, Protesters
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Weber State University
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As civil unrest spread in the wake of the homicide of George Floyd, a faculty member at Weber State University tweeted, from his personal Twitter account, support of a police officer who beat a Wall Street Journal reporter. After some of the faculty member鈥檚 other tweets supporting violence against rioters and criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar surfaced, the university announced it was initiating an investigation. On June 2, 2020, FIREwrote to the university calling for an end to the investigation into the professor鈥檚 protected speech.