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Those arrested -- apparently not students but backed by a pro-Palestinian group on campus -- are claiming their free speech rights were violated. Meanwhile, university officials are saying that the protest crossed the line past acceptable forms of protest.
And the incident has revived a debate in higher education over use of the "heckler's veto," in which protesters take their shouts into the lecture hall. In recent years, there have been major debates over such incidents at Brown University, Florida Atlantic University and the University of California at Irvine. (The Florida Atlantic and Irvine incidents also involved speakers from Israel.)
full: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/05/protest-u-minnesota-delays-speech-israeli-professor-half-hour
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