Saturday, July 19, 2014

Tallahassee: White FSU Law Professor, Dan Markel, Shot and Killed; WTXL Provides No Information on Murder, and No Reader Comments, but Lots of Rules for Comments

 

Was Dan Markel a war crime victim? (Photo Credit: www.law.fsu.edu)
 

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

Thanks to reader Klejdys for this article.
 

FSU law professor shot and killed in Tallahassee
By Christina Reznack
Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:04 p.m. | Updated: 5:09 p.m., Sat Jul 19, 2014
WXTL
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL)-- The Florida State University community is mourning the loss of a law professor who was shot and killed.

According to an email sent out by the school to students, Dan Markel was taken to the hospital after being shot Friday. He died from his injuries Saturday morning.
According to the Florida State University Law School website, Markel primarily taught criminal law. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2001.

Funeral arrangements will be made by his family in his hometown of Toronto. A memorial service is planned in Tallahassee for Sunday, July 20 at noon. It will be at Congregation Shomrei Torah at 4858 Kerry Forest Parkway. FSU says another memorial will be planned in the fall when more students and faculty are back in Tallahassee.

Police are still investigating the incident. If you have any information, you're asked to call the Tallahassee Police Department at 850-606-5800.


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2 comments:

  1. Stockholm Syndrome. Liberals

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  2. The professor in question was a Jew. This information was deeply buried, of course:
    http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/07/death-of.html

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