The University of Texas-Austin is handling campus protests a little differently than some other universities. UT-A’s Faculty Council met on Tuesday morning to vote on a resolution defending the First Amendment on campus and a call for amnesty for protesters who were arrested.
The council did the right thing. It did not bow to the malcontents who are cosplaying as Hamas terrorists.
New: @UTAustin’s Faculty Council voted in a meeting this morning on a resolution defending the First Amendment right to free speech on campus and a call for amnesty for pro-Palestinian protesters
The motion failed, with 24 voting no, 21 voting yes and 4 abstaining. More below: pic.twitter.com/OcRMiV2vRm
— Megan Menchaca (@meganmmenchaca) May 7, 2024
The full resolution is below. It calls for:
– UT President Jay Hartzell to stop using “militarized police to disperse protesters on campus and make…
