More than 100 Dartmouth College faculty members rushed to support a controversial fellow professor who repeatedly justified Antifa's violent tactics -- despite the Dartmouth president's condemnation of the professor's support for the so-called anti-fascist group. Bray supported Antifa's violence, dubbing it "self-defense" and a "legitimate response" to what he termed white supremacist and neo-Nazi violence. A day after the controversial interview, Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon, troubled by Bray's support of the violent Antifa protests, condemned the professor's comments, Valley News reported. ANTIFA VIOLENCE BRINGS NO OUTRAGE FROM DEMS, AFTER DIRE WARNINGS ABOUT RIGHT-WING VIOLENCERelated Image Expand / CollapseBray and more than 100 university faculty members took issue with Hanlon's condemnation and accused him of limiting free speech, Valley News reported. On Tuesday, a letter filed by Bray supporters claimed Bray's comments didn't violate Dartmouth's free speech and academic freedom policies and Hanlon had read a "distorted" version of the professor's comments.

Source: Fox News August 30, 2017 15:45 UTC