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CA Professor Sues College Board After She Was Heckled While Reciting Pledge Of Allegiance

Hank Berrien
CA Professor Sues College Board After She Was Heckled While Reciting Pledge Of Allegiance
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Former adjunct professor Celeste Barber of Santa Barbara City College, who was shouted down by another professor when she attempted to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a public meeting, is suing the Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees because the other professor was not removed from that public meeting last January.

As Adam Sabes writes for Campus Reform, “According to the complaint, filed by Dhillon Law Group, the SBCC Board of Trustees violated California’s Brown Act when it allowed a current professor to shout down Barber while she recited the Pledge of Allegiance, which at the time had been removed from meetings.”

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