California Republicans introduced legislation calling for the University of California, Davis, to fire an English professor who called for the death of police officers in 2014 and 2015.
California Republicans introduced legislation calling for University of California, Davis, to fire an English professor who called for the death of police officers in 2014 and 2015.
Because UC Davis is a publicly funded institution and the professor's comments, according to the bill's supporters, "incite violence," the Republican state assembly members argued his"incitements to violence are not protected free speech" under the First Amendment. The region was recently rocked by the slaying of Davis police Officer Natalie Corona, who was killed January 10 after responding to a traffic accident in downtown Davis. Additionally, only a short drive away, in Sacramento, the district attorney earlier this month declined to file charges against two Sacramento police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark, an unarmed African-American man, in his grandmother's backyard.
Representative Gallagher and an all-Republican group of California assembly members, including Steven Choi, Phillip Chen, Vince Fong, Tom Lackey, Devon Mathis and Jay Obernolte filed the bill March 12, writing,"Peace officers put their lives on the line daily for the sake of the public’s safety and liberty, and the murder of peace officers is a crime against all of society.... Remarks made by Professor Clover endanger the lives of all peace officers.
Police Chief Ronald Lawrence of Citrus Heights, a Sacramento County city 30 miles from the UC Davis campus, told Campus Reform: “As an American citizen, I enjoy free speech like everyone else, but as a police chief, I have a responsibility and accountability for what I say. In other words, I can say what I want to, but not hold the position I do without accountability.
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