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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.
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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.
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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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