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Conservative prof wins $2.4 million in settlement through free speech lawsuit
Campus Reform ^ | 8/5/24 | staff

Posted on 08/06/2024 11:54:44 AM PDT by CFW

A professor has won a multimillion dollar settlement after exposing retaliation he faced for challenging woke policies at a California community college.

Matthew Garrett, a former history professor at Bakersfield College recently won a $2.4 million dollar settlement after being terminated from his teaching post for allegedly making “insulting,” “untrue” and “personal” comments about black students and professors during a committee meeting organized by the Kern Community College District (KCCD).

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Garrett’s lawsuit named several defendants, including KCCD board president John Corkins, who said of Garrett and a number of his colleagues, “that’s why we put a rope on them and take them to the slaughterhouse,” during a longer statement in which he advocated for their termination.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: academia; bakersfieldcollege; california; college; conservatives; dissent; firstamendment; freespeech; johncorkins; kccd; matthewgarrett
Good. They should pay!

Remember, the left are the "tolerant" ones.

1 posted on 08/06/2024 11:54:44 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Excellent.


2 posted on 08/06/2024 12:14:46 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: CFW

Make them pay personally.


3 posted on 08/06/2024 12:17:49 PM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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To: CFW

The damages are too small, as usual in free speech suits brought by conservatives.


4 posted on 08/06/2024 1:41:58 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Parley Baer; CFW
"They" should pay?

Unless it came out of someone's personal paycheck YOU are paying this settlement.

5 posted on 08/06/2024 5:07:13 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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