"As police searched this week for the gunman responsible for a shooting rampage at Brown University, the Trump administration and its allies seized on the violence to cast the schoolas incompetent and ideologically hostile to conservatives - amplifying unfounded theories that a Palestinian student was responsible for the bloodshed and targeted ayoungRepublican. Their commentary added fuel to President Donald Trump's campaign to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campuses, and to root out alleged antisemitism and anti-conservative bias from the nation's colleges and universities."
""In the aftermath of the shooting, we have seen harmful doxing activity directed toward several students, faculty and staff, and multiple offices have been committed to providing support, while we also have worked aggressively to combat disinformation in online media and activity that has gone as far as to threaten individuals in our community," Brown President Christina Paxson said in a statement Friday. "The safety of our community is and continues to be our top priority.""
Political allies seized on campus violence to portray Brown University as incompetent and hostile to conservatives, amplifying unfounded theories blaming a Palestinian student and alleging a young Republican had been targeted. That narrative collapsed when police found the suspect dead in a New Hampshire storage unit and investigators said he was not believed to have specifically targeted any of the Brown victims. Investigators reported no definitive motive and said the gunman later targeted an MIT professor he had known from studies in Portugal. The suspect was identified as 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a former physics graduate student at Brown. Brown's president reported harmful doxing, threats, disinformation, and ongoing support efforts while stressing community safety.
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