The University of California Berkeley opened an investigation into a law professor after a video spread online of her stopping a pro-Palestinian student from speaking about the war in Gaza during a private event, according to NBC News.
Catherine Fisk, a professor of civil rights law at UC Berkeley School of Law, and her husband were hosting a private event in their backyard on April 9 when law student Malak Afaneh got up and began speaking into a microphone about the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and the war in Gaza, according to NBC News. The video shows Fisk grabbing the microphone and wrapping her arm around Afaneh while telling her to leave which prompted the university to look into the matter after Afaneh complained that she was being discriminated against. (RELATED: UCLA Canceled Requests For Extra Police Days Before Violent Clash Between Protesters)
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