Scholar who labelled 9/11 victims ¡®little Eichmanns¡¯ was wrongly fired, court finds

A professor who caused uproar by writing an essay 바카라사이트 day after 바카라사이트 9/11 attacks in New York that likened victims to a leading Nazi was wrongly fired by his university, a jury has ruled.

Ward L. Churchill, an expert in ethnic studies at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado, was sacked with 바카라사이트 blessing of a faculty committee at 바카라사이트 university when 바카라사이트 essay he had written on 12 September 2001 came to light on 바카라사이트 internet several years later.

In it, he called some of those who died in 바카라사이트 terror attacks ¡°little Eichmanns¡±, in reference to Adolf Eichmann, SS commander and one of 바카라사이트 architects of 바카라사이트 Holocaust.

Professor Churchill wrote that some of 바카라사이트 financial workers killed were not innocent bystanders, but ¡°formed a technocratic corps at 바카라사이트 very heart of America¡¯s global financial empire¡±.

Professor Churchill took Colorado to court claiming wrongful dismissal, and last week a jury found in his favour, although it opted to award him nominal damages of just $1 (67p).

The case was pitched by his lawyer, David A. Lane, as a test of academic freedom, with Professor Churchill¡¯s politically unpalatable views set against 바카라사이트 principles of freedom of speech enshrined in 바카라사이트 US Constitution.

Colorado alleged that Professor Churchill had plagiarised and falsified parts of his research, particularly on Native Americans, and that this was 바카라사이트 reason for his sacking. But 바카라사이트 jury found that 바카라사이트 academic¡¯s political views had been a ¡°substantial or motivating¡± factor in his dismissal.

Mr Lane told The New York Times that 바카라사이트 court¡¯s ruling was ¡°a great victory for 바카라사이트 First Amendment and for academic freedom¡±.

Brushing off 바카라사이트 fact that he had been awarded 바카라사이트 minimum compensation possible, Professor Churchill said: ¡°I didn¡¯t ask for money, I asked for justice.¡±

Mr Lane indicated that his client would be seeking an order forcing 바카라사이트 university to reinstate him.

john.gill@tsleducation.com