Calif. professor on leave after berating student for calling police ‘heroes’ By Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/college-professor-berates-student-for-calling-police-heroes/
An adjunct professor teaching her first-ever course at a California college was placed on leave this week after she ripped a student during a class presentation because he said he regards police officers as “heroes.”
The unidentified Cypress College educator was apparently triggered Wednesday during 19-year-old business major Braden Ellis’s Zoom presentation on cancel culture in the US, in which he noted how even animated kids TV shows such as “Paw Patrol” have come under fire from unhinged cop-haters, Fox News reported.
“A lot of police officers have committed an atrocious crime and have gotten away with it and have never been convicted of any of it,” she declared during the verbal communications class, which was posted online and quickly went viral.
“We have bad people, and the people that do bad things should be brought to justice,” the student calmly responded. “I agree with that.”
“So what is your bottom line point?” the teacher demanded.
“You’re saying police officers should be revered, viewed as heroes? They belong on TV shows with children?”
Ellis answered: “I think they are heroes, in a sense, because they come to your need and help you.”
When Ellis asked the professor if she would call the police if she were in trouble, she insisted she would not.
“I don’t trust them. My life is in more danger in their presence,” she said, ending the discussion before she could be queried further.
On Saturday, Ellis told The Post the situation was reflective of the far left’s influence on campuses nationwide.
“Liberal ideology is bad right now and people need to expose it and fight back — with gentleness and respect. Imagine if we don’t fight back now? What will they teach us in 10 years? It would be pure hatred,” Ellis said. “I have another [teacher] who is just as bad. These teachers just spew divisiveness and hatred toward our country.”
The college, which is outside Anaheim, said Friday the professor would not be returning.
“The adjunct professor will be taking a leave of absence for the duration of her assignment at Cypress College. This was her first course at Cypress and she had previously indicated her intention to not return in the fall,” the school said.
Ellis told The Post he was refusing to name the prof out of respect for her privacy.
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