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A College Professor's Life Was Threatened When an Exchange with a Pro-Police Student Went Viral

A Zoom exchange between Cypress College professor, Faryha Salim and a 19-year-old white male student named Braden Ellis over the merits of policing has upended a community college district.

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Donney Rose
May 14, 2021
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Pro-police Cypress College student, Braden Ellis (left) pictured with a MAGA t-shirt and signaling a white supremacy sign; via Go Fund Me

An April 28th Zoom class discussion around the topic of cancel culture took an inflammatory turn when a 19-year-old white male student named Braden Ellis championed the heroism of American police, and his professor, Fa…

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