Cornel West Arrested at 'Stop And Frisk' Protests
It's been a busy week for Princeton's Cornel West, who was arrested in D.C. on Sunday, and was just arrested again in New York this afternoon.
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Cornel West is leaving Princeton in New Jersey and heading back to New York to teach at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, The New York Times reported, noting that it's the place "where he began as an assistant professor in 1977."
It's been a busy week for Princeton's Cornel West, who was arrested in D.C. on Sunday, and was just arrested again in New York this afternoon.
The activist professor was arrested at the Supreme Court on Sunday with 18 others
Everybody from Susan Sarandon to Roseanne Barr has made an appearance in solidarity
A 2012 election sans Democratic primary sounds too boring for the activist
The professor went from booster to anti-Obama crusader after being snubbed
"Black puppet" and "black mascot" are in keeping with West's anthology of insults
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