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Black Harvard Professor Who Challenged Woke Orthodoxies Needs Armed Protection

After he published his study, people ‘lost their minds,’ he said.
Black Harvard Professor Who Challenged Woke Orthodoxies Needs Armed Protection
People carry signs during a "Defund the Police" march in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 5, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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2/17/2024|Updated: 2/20/2024
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Harvard professor Roland Fryer, who at age 30 became the youngest African-American to ever be awarded tenure at the Ivy League school, has revealed he faced threats and had to get armed security after publishing a study showing no racial bias in police-involved shootings.

Mr. Fryer, who has received numerous awards for his academic research, in 2016 published a study that turned on its head the prevailing leftist narrative that police-involved shootings are tinged by racism.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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