Dive Brief:
- A University of Rochester student says the college violated his free expression by making him take down a Confederate flag.
- The student also says that an email university officials sent to students about the incident misrepresented what happened, claiming the student had taken it down voluntarily.
- A university official now says the flag should have been allowed to stay.
Dive Insight:
The flag was hanging in Matthew Papay's room. The real blow-up happened on a Facebook page for the school's class of 2017. There, page after page of comments included offensive remarks, at least some of which were removed.
