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    States Consider Legislation To Protect Free Speech On Campus

    On college campuses across the country, there is a pattern of violence in response to provocative speakers. Now, states are considering a model bill to protect free speech on campus.
    by Samantha Raphelson May 05, 2017 2 minutes
    Vice Media co-founder and conservative speaker Gavin McInnes reads a speech written by Ann Coulter to a crowd during a conservative rally in Berkeley, Calif., on April 27. Coulter canceled a planned appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, saying she had lost the backing of the groups that had sponsored her talk.

    On college campuses, outrage over provocative speakers sometimes turns violent.

    It's becoming a pattern on campuses around the country. A speaker is invited, often by a conservative student group. Other students oppose the speaker, and maybe they protest. If the speech happens, the speaker is heckled. Sometimes there's violence.

    In other cases — as with conservative commentator Ann Coulter at the University of California, Berkeley last week.

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