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Friday, June 19, 2020
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1023
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
UCF Professor Under Investigation And Police Protection After Tweeting About “Black Privilege”
The University Of Central Florida Is The Largest University In The United States By Enrollment
We have been writing about efforts to fire professors who have criticized the “Defund the Police” campaign or Black Lives Matter. Now, Charles Negy, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida, is under school investigation and has received police protection after he tweeted about what he views as “black privilege.” While countless professors have written about “white privilege,” Negy is looking at discipline or termination while police have been called to his house to protect his life.
Negy is not the first professor to be put under police protection after voicing criticism of the protests or BLM. Once again, I am less interested in the merits of the underlying debate as the implications for free speech and academic freedom. As one of the large free speech blogs, we have long discussed efforts to pressure or fire academics for their exercise of free speech and academic freedom. Recently, however, these efforts have been joined by schools and fellow academics who seek to deter others from expressing opposing views.
Negy is facing outrage caused over his tweets in early June including a petition demanding his termination by more than 30,000 signatures. While classroom misconduct has been...
Video shows Black Lives Matter protester freak out when her baby stops breathing — then run to a cop for help
Well, that's convenient
The woman is seen on the security camera footage running toward a police officer when her 11-month-old baby boy stopped breathing. She had been participating in a protest at a local park.
The department said the child lost consciousness and stopped breathing.
Deputy Cameron Kinsey was able to get the baby breathing again after several blows to his back. It was determined that a coin was stuck in his airway after he swallowed it. The child was hospitalized after the incident.
When asked about the protest, Kinsey responded, "None of that other stuff matters, just the baby."
Palmdale has been at the center of unrest in California since a black man was found hanging from a tree. Local authorities initially indicated that they believed he had committed suicide, but community members are suspicious and have called for a...
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