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OCC student suspended after filming teacher saying Trump's election was 'an act of terrorism'
[OCREGISTER] An Orange Coast College student who secretly videotaped his instructor making anti-Trump statements was suspended from school and told to write a letter of apology as well as a three-page essay about the incident.The college suspended Caleb O’Neil for the current semester and the summer term, saying he violated a Coast Community College District policy prohibiting recording someone on district property without that person’s consent. "It is my hope that this experience will lead you to truly think through your actions and the consequences of those actions when making decisions in the future," Victoria Lugo, interim dean of students, wrote in a Feb. 9 letter to O’Neil, whose video clips of instructor Olga Perez Stable Cox in December went viral. William Becker, an attorney representing O’Neil, said the sanctions are excessive and the student’s legal rights have been violated. O’Neil, 19, plans to appeal and can continue to attend classes during that process, Becker said. "This is an attack by leftists in academia to protect the expressive rights of their radical instructors at the expense of the expressive rights of conservative students on campus," said Becker, president of Freedom X, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving religious and conservative freedom of expression. O’Neil, who campaigned for Trump, couldn’t be reached for comment on Tuesday. Orange Coast College President Dennis Harkins had previously said his administration would investigate whether Cox’s comments were appropriate and within the context of what she teaches. Whether that has concluded is unclear. College front man Doug Bennett said this week that the school could not comment on personnel manners, and he declined to discuss investigations involving students, citing their privacy. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-16 |
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