Students at the University of Wisconsin acted out the beheading of a police officer in a video that drew outrage from the community, but not from the university, who said the video was an expression of free speech.
The video starts by showing the persecution of black students at the hands of white police officers, and concludes with the students beheading a police officer wearing a pig’s head.
The purpose of the video? “To promote a student-produced clothing line,” the Journal Sentinel reported.
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In a statement released by the University of Wisconsin, the school said that the video is protected by free speech rights before eventually adding that the school does not condone the violence portrayed in the video.
State Sen. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) has called for an investigation into the video:
This vile and racist anti-police video is clearly a direct threat to the brave men and women that serve behind the badge. UW-Madison must immediately hold these students accountable and that should include an investigation by the local police and the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Nass also called out the University of Wisconsin for allowing the video to be hosted and available on UW-Madison’s IT platform:
This platform is supposed to be used by faculty and students for legitimate academic purposes. It would appear that the video violates the terms of use for this official UW-Madison IT platform.
The inflammatory video, which was directed and produced by Eneale Pickett, perpetuates factually inaccurate views held by many in the black community and on the Left. Key statistics conveniently distorted or flat out ignored by the Left include:
• “More whites and Hispanics die from police homicides than blacks.”
• “Black and Hispanic police officers are more likely to fire a gun at blacks than white officers.”
• “Blacks are more likely to kill cops than be killed by cops.”
via Daily Wire
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