Student charged with toppling Confederate statue might be rewarded with scholarship - The College Fix

Student charged with toppling Confederate statue might be rewarded with scholarship - The College Fix
"Breaking the law typically subjects a person to society’s disapproval.

At North Carolina Central University, it might get a student a scholarship.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the political science department at the historically black public university is voting “soon” on rewarding a student who is facing felony and misdemeanor charges for toppling a Confederate statue in Durham, North Carolina on Monday night.

Takiyah Thompson wasn’t the only one who helped bring down the statue, but she was identifiable on video and she participated in a press conference the next day, where police arrested her.

The 22-year-old’s professor, Allan Cooper, came up with the idea of giving Thompson a scholarship for “her ability to use her political-science education to the benefit of the community,” as he told the department chairman.
A professor at NCCU’s law school, Scott Holmes, is representing Thompson and all other arrested protesters for free, calling her “an inspiration” who has “awakened the conversation around race.”..."

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