Professor, Antifa activist who said “it’s a privilege to teach future dead cops” gets fired

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He was a self-proclaimed Antifa activist… and also a professor at John Jay College.  He also advocated for the death of cops and for anarchy in America.  Now Michael Isaacson has found himself back on the unemployment line.

Or perhaps back in his parents’ basement. 

Initially, his tweets that it is a privilege to teach “future dead cops” and his statements were merely condemned.

how come when a pig dies in uniform no one ever says ‘they died doing what they loved?’

— Mike Isaacson (@VulgarEconomics) January 23, 2018

When did academia become a protected class of people that can say whatever they want and continue to indoctrinate impressionable children and young adults with anti-country, anti-police and anti-God ideology, and there are no legitimate repercussions for their actions?

burn a police station for me philly

— Mike Isaacson (@VulgarEconomics) January 22, 2018

Outraged New York police union leaders are calling for the firing of a John Jay College professor and avowed Antifa leader after he tweeted that it “is a privilege to teach future dead cops.”

Michael Isaacson, an adjunct-professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and known Antifa leader, tweeted:

“Some of y’all might think it sucks being an anti-fascist teacher at John Jay College but I think it’s a privilege to teach future dead cops.”

Isaacson worked in the school’s economics department.

Off the pigs https://t.co/ksCu3ZOpFC

— Mike Isaacson (@VulgarEconomics) August 29, 2017

The tweet gained traction after Isaacson appeared on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show, according to the New York Daily News. The appearance prompted people to research Issacson’s past tweets, exposing the offending communication.

“Michael Isaacson harbors total disdain for the active and future police officers that he teaches at John Jay College,” Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said in a press release on Friday. “Recent media reports have revealed Mr. Isaacson’s disgusting anti-police attitudes and his gleeful embrace of political violence, including violence against police officers, as expressed in his own social media postings.”

Detectives’ Endowment Association Michael Palladino said:

“I don’t know the professor but based on his tweet he strikes me as a man of ignorance and arrogance with hate in his heart,” the New York Daily News reported.

And Roy Richter, president of the NYPD Captains Endowment Association said, “This message is an abdication of the professor’s responsibility as a civilized human being and disgusting coming from a representative of the teaching profession,” according to Fox News.

#FireMike UPDATE: More "dead cop" tweets from #Antifa leader and @JohnJayCollege Prof., Mike Isaacson. More here: https://t.co/ahdIKq3a0w pic.twitter.com/JHoocUNLuD

— Far Left Watch (@FarLeftWatch) September 15, 2017

Commissioner James O’Neill slammed Isaacson’s tweet.

“As a 2x grad there, I know Michael Isaacson’s reprehensible values don’t represent @JohnJayCollege, #NYC, #NYPD or families of murdered cops,” O’Neill tweeted.

The New York Daily News reached out to Issacson after the massive response, in which he defended but seemed unfazed by the outcry.

“Oh, that s—? Everybody dies,” Issacson said.

“I was talking about police as an agent of control that is actually in less control of the public than it’s supposed to be,” he said. “I don’t have a problem with individual police officers – I mean, I teach them – but I don’t like policing as an institution. Police officers are agents of that institution.”

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is part of the City University of New York school system and is widely known in the area for its high level of students who later become police officers.

A statement on the matter was released by John Jay College’s president, Karol V. Mason.

“I want to state clearly that I was shocked by these statements. They are abhorrent. This adjunct expressed personal views that are not consistent with our college’s well known and firm values and principles,” Mason said. “I am appalled that anyone associated with John Jay, with our proud history of supporting law enforcement authorities, would suggest that violence against police is ever acceptable.”

She went on:

“I join with the many students, faculty, alumni and other members of our community in condemning these statements,” she said.

So that’s it? Simply condemn the statements? How about giving him his walking papers? Well, perhaps that is the next step.

Mason said the professor’s comments posed a danger to faculty and staff.

“Today, members of the John Jay faculty received threats, and our students expressed concerns for their safety in the classroom,” Mason said. “Out of concern for the safety of our students, faculty and staff, we are immediately placing the adjunct on administrative leave as we continue to review this matter.”

She added that Isaacson’s comments suggested that violence against cops is acceptable.

After he was placed on leave, Isaacson was more contrite.

“My biggest regret is putting my students and the John Jay faculty and staff at risk. That was not a risk that they assumed voluntarily, and that very much contravenes my political convictions,” he told The News. “I deeply apologize to the John Jay community for making them the target of death threats and harassment.”

Then he tried to cover himself in the First Amendment.

“So much for free speech, I guess.”

Yeah, and you can’t yell “fire” in the theater either.

But a suspension was all that was garnered.

Until, of course, the media coverage exploded.

The school finally decided to place Isaacson, who is also a co-founder of Smash Racism DC, on administrative leave.  In addition to his tweets calling for the death of cops, Isaacson was also highly involved with #DisruptJ20.  For those unfamiliar with it, it was the far left’s attempt to violently disrupt President Trump’s inauguration, was also caught on tape by Project Veritas, as seen here and here.

John Jay College released a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation, saying that Isaacson no longer teaches at the school – although it’s not clear when or if he was formally terminated.

Statement from John Jay College:

Mr. Isaacson is no longer teaching at John Jay.  In regard to expressions of hate or intimidation, please review our previous statement, http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/statement-john-jay-college-president-karol-v-mason.

But his Twitter profile shows him “looking for writing work”.

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