Student questions microagressions, then removed from campus by police

[Cooke 2,026]

https://reason.com/2021/04/07/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat/

 

These stories are becoming far too normal. Free speech is dead. 

[Twinblade★ 3,891]

Woketivists continue to destroy our society. Republicans are going to clean house (literally) in 2022 at this rate.

[Mr. Impossible 407]

On 2021-04-10 at 8:32 AM, Cooke said:

https://reason.com/2021/04/07/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat/

 

These stories are becoming far too normal. Free speech is dead. 

 

On 2021-04-10 at 11:44 PM, Twinblade said:

Woketivists continue to destroy our society. Republicans are going to clean house (literally) in 2022 at this rate.

 

An update on this case.

 

Judge Norman K. Moon ruled Friday that Bhattacharya failed to show evidence that his dismissal stemmed from his comments.

 

In the fall of 2018, shortly after the microaggressions panel, a professor told Bhattacharya he was concerned for the student’s mental health. Bhattacharya visited the school’s Student Health Counsel and Psychological Services , where a clinician petitioned for an emergency custody order, which was granted.

UVA police escorted him to the medical center for treatment, where he was hospitalized for two days.

Two days afterward, according to court records, Bhattacharya’s mother called Charlottesville police, claiming her son was screaming, pounding his fists and exhibiting paranoid behavior, saying the UVA medical school was “out to get him.” His then-girlfriend also sought and received a preliminary protective order.

 

Later, Bhattacharya told a dean “You better watch yourself,” which led to a UVA employee calling police and officers taking him to the UVA emergency room. A Charlottesville General District judge issued a temporary detention order, and Bhattacharya was transported to Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg. He was released five days later.

 

Bhattacharya claimed he was tranquilized at the UVA emergency room for refusing bloodwork and woke up in the back of a police car while being transported to Poplar Springs. He claimed his girlfriend conspired with UVA administrators to depict him as mentally unstable.

UVA policy requires that students who miss class because of health issues be evaluated before returning to school. Bhattacharya declined to be evaluated, and the Academic Standards and Achievement Committee voted to suspend him for one year, citing what it termed his lack of professionalism and behavior.

A letter regarding his suspension referred to his “aggressive and inappropriate interactions in multiple situations,” including the discussion panel, the conversation with the dean and a meeting with the committee.

 

Bhattacharya posted about his suspension on the website 4Chan and included a photograph of members of the committee. Some 4Chan users suggested he retaliate with violence, leading the UVA threat assessment team to convene and a police officer to order a no trespassing directive against Bhattacharya for four years.

 

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to be fair, it's possible the school faked the medical emergency and paid his GF and mother to make fake reports against him. 

Edited August 13, 2023 by Mr. Impossible