The following was a press release issued by the Contra Costa Republican Party after a 19-54 vote on House Resolution 22.
HR 22 was a response to comments made by UC Davis Professor Joshua Clover who stated that “police need to be killed.”
If passed, HR 22 would have urged the University of California, Davis Chancellor Gary S. May, University of California President Janet Napolitano, and the Regents of the University of California to remove Professor Joshua Clover from the classroom and terminate his employment at the University; and be it further.
It should be noted that locally, Assemblymembers Jim Frazier and Tim Grayson voted against HR 22 which was introduced by Assemblymember James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) who said he supported free speech, but the comments made by Clover were not protected by the First Amendment because they incite violence.
Here is the press release below:
Sacramento, Calif. — While presiding over today’s session of the California State Assembly, Assemblywoman and assistant speaker pro tempore Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD-16) voted in opposition to House Resolution 22 which would have condemned the comments of a University of California, Davis professor who advocated for the murdering of police officers.
Bauer-Kahan along with 53 of her Democratic colleagues defeated HR22, effectually condoning specific statements such as “it’s easier to shoot cops when their backs are turned,” and “people think cops need to be reformed. They need to be killed.”
“On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, it is especially disgusting that Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan would lead the Assembly to effectively condone rhetoric advocating for the murder of police officers,” said Contra Costa Republican Party Chairman, Matt Shupe. “The men and women who serve us as police officers routinely put themselves in harms way for our safety and don’t deserve this type of brazen disrespect from our legislative leaders.”
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Editors Note:
More background below
CA Police Chiefs Respond to Comments Made by UC Davis Professor
5 comments
Good.
The state assembly should not be in the business of deciding who is and is not employed in academia. Politicians need not get involved in who gets to teach. Anyone with half a brain cell can see the slippery slope that leads too. Not even slightly surprised it’s the GOP who wants to control who gets to teach at the college level.
That’s rich. Republicans condemning hate speech. Bit hypocritical in my opinion. Maybe they should look inward, clean their own house before trying to claim a moral stance on anything.
I am glad ECT posted this, it highlights how stupid the Republicans are at the state level and that moron Matt Shupe.
Mr. Shupe should realize this was a terrible bill that dictates who can and cannot be employed based off words. Sadly, the Republicans should hold him accountable for this press release because I cannot think of a SINGLE democrat who would support killing a cop. Terrible rhetoric in this post and when you take rhetoric too far, it backfires. Maybe Mr. Shupe should be relieved of his duties.
Oh and the Democrats are so great in California?Ridiculous no all they do is tax tax tax and steal our money coming from a military family that professor should be shot he is absolutely a piece of shit ?
When any government employee says police need to be killed. I think they should be terminated from government employment regardless of what department or educational institution they represent. That comment is terrorist in any speech.
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