Cal State Professor Dragged Out Of LA Mayoral Debate

CBS Los Angeles

May 2, 2022

A professor was forcibly ejected from the Los Angeles mayoral debate Sunday night just prior to the beginning of the event.

Melina Abdullah, a professor at California State University, Los Angeles -- where the debate was held -- was forcibly removed from the room, according to the L.A. Times.

Video from the scene showed Abdullah, also a Black Lives Matter leader, being dragged out by LAPD officers.

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