Monday, April 16, 2018

3 Student Journalists Sue University for Covering Up Teacher's Role in Anti-Trump Rally

Three student journalists have filed a lawsuit against their Illinois university and an instructor, alleging that the teacher grabbed and broke a smartphone as they tried to report on an anti-Trump rally.

The three students' federal suit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and instructor Tariq Khan says that the university got a restraining order preventing them from reporting on Khan's involvement in the November protest against President Donald Trump.

"During the rally, Black Rose spokesman and university instructor, Tariq Khan, assaulted Joel Valdez and also went after student Blair Nelson who was video-recording the event," the law firm said.

A video of the incident appears to show Khan, a doctoral candidate and graduate instructor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yelling at students, physically assaulting one, and taking and throwing the phone to the pavement.

Khan is seen in the video saying "f- Donald Trump" and telling Valdez and other members of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization present during the demonstration, that he will "Go tear down one of your flyers right now."

Had an estimated value of $700. University police charged Khan with criminal destruction of property.

The university secured a restraining order on the three students at the request of Khan after Minik, a senior, reported on the incident for Campus Reform.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/13/3-student-journalists-sue-university-for-covering-up-teachers-role-in-anti-trump-rally/

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