Academics Nationwide Offer Aid, Support for Rioters

Academics Nationwide Offer Aid, Support for Rioters
A general view of Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass. on April 22, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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University professors across the country have publicly expressed support for the rioters who have been terrorizing communities since graphic video of the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody was published.

Floyd was a middle-aged black man who died after then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a white man, pressed his knee into the suspect’s neck for almost nine minutes as he lay handcuffed on the ground. With its racial overtones, video of the incident quickly went viral and became a recruiting tool for left-wing agitators.