The principal of a Tennessee high school has been placed on paid administrative leave after making comments about free speech to students during a virtual announcement.
Barton Thorne, who is in his fourth year leading Cordova High School in Shelby County, reportedly said during a nine-minute morning announcement that free speech is being threatened by the actions of privately held tech companies, the Commercial Appeal reported. He was addressing his students after President Donald Trump was suspended from several big tech platforms in the wake of violence that erupted on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
