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An Ohio firefighte­r was suspended for saying he’d rather save a dog than an African-American from a burning building. “One dog is more important than a million n-----s,” Tyler Roysdon wrote on Facebook. He was immediatel­y suspended by Franklin Township officials for “conduct unbecoming a township employee.” Roysdon’s wife said her husband had apologized, but added that everyone “is entitled to their own opinion.”

More than 100 faculty members at the University of California, Berkeley, have called for a boycott of all classes during “Free Speech Week.” The four-day event, starting Sept. 24, will feature right-wing speakers Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter, and Milo Yiannopoul­os.The faculty said students should not risk their “physical and mental safety” in such a hostile environmen­t.

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