Florida Professor Fired for Saying Sandy Hook a Hoax in Blog Loses Lawsuit

December 14, 2017

A Florida college professor fired after publicly saying the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut was a hoax has lost a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully terminated.

Local news outlets report that a federal jury on Monday sided with Florida Atlantic University. The school contended communications professor James Tracy was fired last year not because of his blog posts about the Sandy Hook school shooting but because he violated rules regarding reporting of outside work.

Tracy claimed his firing violated his free speech rights. He wrote on his blog that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax by the government to impose tougher gun control. Tracy sought reinstatement to his position, back pay and damages.

Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook on this day in 2012.

Topics Lawsuits Florida

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  • December 30, 2017 at 3:07 pm
    Mark says:
    All those people who cry hoax are going to called crisis actor, once they get into a mass shooting and end with a bullet in her bodies in the hospital.
  • December 18, 2017 at 6:07 pm
    UW says:
    They've proven over and over they're biased, specifically this guy. There's no point worrying about it. He mocked people who were threatened, they delete lefty comments nonsto... read more
  • December 18, 2017 at 5:58 pm
    UW says:
    The video of him melting down and chasing people in the streets, intimidating them and threatening them until someone pours coffee on his head is pretty great.

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