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CT:College suspends student for asking questions about gun control
dailycaller.com ^ | 2 April, 2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 04/14/2014 7:11:12 AM PDT by marktwain

Edited on 04/14/2014 7:16:33 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A Connecticut community college suspended a student veteran for his aggressive questioning of Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy during a public forum, prompting a First Amendment advocacy group to condemn the college for its flagrant disrespect for free speech and due process.

The student, Nicholas Saucier, tried to get Malloy to answer questions about his support for gun control legislation, which has put Saucier’s ammunition manufacturing business in jeopardy. Saucier followed Malloy to his car after the governor finished speaking at a public forum at Asnuntuck Community College. The exchange took place in October of last year, and was captured on video.

Shortly thereafter, Saucier received notice from the administration that he was suspended on grounds that his “continued presence on campus would present a danger to the persons, property and/or academic process of the College.”

The student was officially charged with engaging in harassment and showing disrespect for Malloy, in violation of ACC’s student code. Administrators claimed that Saucier became increasingly hostile, called Malloy a “******* snake,” and reached into his pocket for something that could have been a weapon. (It was actually a video recording device.)


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; 2ndamendment; banglist; connecticut; ct; dannelmalloy; firstamendment; guncontrol; malloy; nicholassaucier; nra; secondamendment
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To: Scrambler Bob
It's a journalist's job to "get the story" - and it's a public activity.

Following people around as a hobby is going to get you in trouble.

Everyone knows this.

21 posted on 04/14/2014 8:24:35 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: marktwain

What? you thought there was freedom of speech? Welcome to the new world. There is no freedom of speech for normal people. Only for those who want to destroy the country that once guaranteed freedom of speech.


22 posted on 04/14/2014 8:26:37 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: GeronL

“Colleges are the places with the least freedom of speech and thought”

Time for another lawsuit. Taking money from these bastards is the only thing you can do in these instances. I guess the BLM in Nevada “learned” about free speech from college campuses.


23 posted on 04/14/2014 8:29:46 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: cripplecreek
Just two episodes in and the characters in Turn are already becoming iconic. This one, Col. Rogers of the Queen's Rangers, seems to be pretty accurately portrayed as a semi-drunken but clever Scots-Irish frontiersman. Willing to do whatever for the King's coin, not unlike the bas****s in so many modern Federal agencies. The information I've been able to find about the real Col. Rogers is fascinating. He captured Nathan Hale (probably the only Revolutionary War American spy most people had ever heard of before this series began airing) and tricked into him putting his neck in the noose. But was otherwise a raging alcoholic who died penniless after going back to England with other defeated Loyalists.
24 posted on 04/14/2014 8:29:56 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: wideawake

I’m pretty sure a public official in a public space (parking lot of community college) does not have the legal right of ‘privacy’ or ‘respect’.

The Gov was there to speak with the public, not at them.

I doubt the private business owner and student is at fault by the guidelines of the college other than the snake comment.


25 posted on 04/14/2014 8:31:52 AM PDT by Justa
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To: katana

Wiki actually has a pretty decent write up on Robert Rodgers. He went from great pre American hero to someone you wouldn’t want to be seen with.

I was amazed at the line in the show about making the Captain’s murderer “Something even lower than a sodomite”.


26 posted on 04/14/2014 8:44:11 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Scrambler Bob
Don't you know? You have to go to school, get a degree in journalism, and become a card-carrying liberal before things like the First Amendment apply to you. Just like the Second Amendment only applies to militias, the First only really applies to licensed journalists
27 posted on 04/14/2014 9:00:26 AM PDT by stremba
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To: wideawake

So long as he didn’t trespass or attempt to do so (eg attempt to get into Malloy’s vehicle), why shouldn’t he have followed Malloy? Is it a crime to follow someone? I’m not sure that it’s even harassment if someone shouts questions at another person in a public area, even if the person being questioned has asked for the questioner to stop. Malloy was certainly well within his rights to ignore the questions and walk away, but the student did nothing wrong here (unless there’s more to the story, of course).


28 posted on 04/14/2014 9:05:14 AM PDT by stremba
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To: cripplecreek

In my spare time the other day I was reading the Wikipedia article about East Germany, I was quite surprised.

It is less than kind. At least to me anyway.


29 posted on 04/14/2014 9:17:30 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: KC_Lion

True enough, things not getting much political attention are where Wiki is much more reliable. As always its better to use wiki as a place to start searching rather than using it as a primary resource.

Robert Rodgers was unquestionably a piece of garbage but he was a fascinating guy who still has an effect on us today like Rodgers rules of ranging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangers_Standing_Orders


30 posted on 04/14/2014 9:28:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: stremba
Shouting questions in a public area is classic First Amendment activity.

But following someone around is a good way to draw harassment and/or stalking charges.

Especially when that person is an elected official, where you could be suspected of tracking his movements to find out where his security is most vulnerable.

31 posted on 04/14/2014 9:36:29 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Justa
Nothing he said should be an issue.

It is the following of Malloy that raises red flags.

32 posted on 04/14/2014 9:37:44 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

Give it a rest. The guy did nothing to be suspended.


33 posted on 04/14/2014 9:49:44 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman
You give it a rest.

Following people is a bad idea.

34 posted on 04/14/2014 9:50:51 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

I took the article to mean that he followed Malloy to a parking lot, which is still a public area. If he did that and continued to ask questions, I don’t see the problem. Like I said, there may be more to the story than that. If so, that could well change things.


35 posted on 04/14/2014 10:08:59 AM PDT by stremba
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks marktwain, sidebar: The “Assault Weapon” Rebellion.
36 posted on 04/14/2014 12:26:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: wideawake

It’s not worth kicking him out


37 posted on 04/14/2014 5:11:34 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: Scrambler Bob

watch the rat scurry:

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/05/23/Mattera-Franken-Schumer-Interview


38 posted on 04/16/2014 5:42:50 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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