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In March 2022, SUNY Brockport faced calls from elected officials to cancel an April 6 event featuring faculty-invited speaker Jalil Muntaqim, previously known as Anthony Bottom, a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing two police officers in the early 1970s. On March 16, SUNY Brockport rescinded its grant for Muntaqim’s appearance, so ����ֱ�� wrote the university explaining that viewpoint-based funding revocation violates the First Amendment. After additional public pressure, the university moved the then-privately-funded event online on March 23. On March 31, SUNY’s general counsel told ����ֱ�� the funding revocation was due to “noncompliance with internal … processes.” ����ֱ�� responded the next day, explaining the university violated faculty rights by defunding the event and moving it online. ����ֱ�� also expressed concern about the university’s suspicious invocation of procedural issues after previously stating the defunding was based on “more information.” SUNY Brockport did not answer ����ֱ��’s second letter, but the event took place virtually on April 6.