Group demands San Antonio university investigate claims of First Amendment violations

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Utsa,First Amendment Violations,Propalestinian College Protests

A free speech advocacy group is demanding that the University of Texas at San Antonio open an investigation into allegations that a school official violated students' First Amendment rights during a pro-Palestinian protest on campus in April.

Around 150 protesters marched through UTSA's campus on April 24 calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

UTSA wasn't available for immediate comment on FIRE's letters or protesters' allegations against Robinson. "I ask you all not to use that language, and we ask that you all comply with that," she said in the clip."If you continue to not comply with that, we will refer you over to the law enforcement agencies that are in our area."

"If the students' report is substantially accurate, the university's direction raises serious First Amendment concerns," FIRE's April 29 letter states."The First Amendment protects student expression at public universities, 'no matter how offensive' it may be to others.", along with officials at UTSA and other public universities, for allegedly violating pro-Palestinian protesters' First Amendment rights during demonstrations in April.

 

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