Overview

• UNC said the leave is effective immediately to allow an assessment of allegations that Dwayne Dixon advocated politically motivated violence.
• The university cited Trustee tenure policies and warned that findings could lead to discipline up to termination.
• Reporting links Dixon to Redneck Revolt via the group’s website and the student paper, and the Counter Extremism Project describes the network as far-left and anti-capitalist.
• Fox News obtained a 2018 Harvard panel video in which Dixon discussed armed political action as self-defense; Harvard did not comment.
• Dixon previously faced 2017 weapons and 2018 assault charges related to protests, and courts later dismissed both cases.