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University officials found \u201cno basis\u201d that Dixon posed a threat or violated university policy.<\/p>\n
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Dwayne Dixon, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was reinstated Friday after the university performed a \u201cthorough threat assessment,\u201d Dean Stoyer, vice chancellor for communications and marketing, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dixon was placed on leave Monday following allegations that he was an advocate for political violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Carolina Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Team consulted with the UNC System security office and with local law enforcement, undertaking a robust, swift and efficient review of all the evidence. We have found no basis to conclude that he poses a threat to University students, staff, and faculty, or has engaged in conduct that violates University policy,\u201d Stoyer said in a statement. \u201cAs a result, the University is reinstating Professor Dixon to his faculty responsibilities, effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dixon is a teaching associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at UNC Chapel Hill, and he\u2019s been active at counterprotests to alt-right rallies, including at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. He\u2019s also a strong advocate for gun rights and used to be a member of the Silver Spring Redneck Revolt, a chapter of the now-disbanded antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist political group Redneck Revolt. Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for the late Charlie Kirk\u2019s Turning Point USA, called for Dixon to be fired in an X post because of these affiliations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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