UNC Professor Placed on Leave Over Redneck Revolt Gun Club Ties and Armed Antifa Activism
UNC Chapel Hill professor Dwayne Dixon, a self-identified member of the far-left Redneck Revolt gun club, has been placed on administrative leave after mounting scrutiny over his advocacy and involvement in politically motivated, armed left-wing protests.
The university confirmed the suspension to allow for a thorough investigation into allegations that could result in disciplinary action, including possible termination.
“The University of North Carolina has informed Dr. Dwayne Dixon, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, that he has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, following recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence,” Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications Dean Stoyer said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Redneck Revolt and Radical Activism
Dixon teaches Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC. He is openly listed as a member of Redneck Revolt’s Silver Valley chapter, a group described by the Counter Extremism Project as “far-left,” anti-capitalist, and anti-nation-state, opposing police, prisons, and courts.
In 2017, Dixon joined armed counter-protesters at an anti-KKK event in Durham, North Carolina—though the KKK never appeared. Dixon, armed with an AR-15, helped block roadways, alarming the public and drawing charges of “going armed to the terror of people” and having a weapon at a public assembly; those charges were ultimately dropped.
He also attended the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, where James Fields Jr. rammed his car into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer. Dixon later bragged about chasing James Field with his AR-15 at a Harvard panel and in a January 7, 2018 Facebook post.
During a Harvard panel, Dixon admitted that James Fields “slow rolled” past him several times in his vehicle, adding, “One time he paused right in front of me and I waved him off with my rifle. On his last pass, he accelerated and a block away he killed Heather.”
At a Harvard panel, UNC professor Dwayne Dixon admitted to chasing James Fields with his rifle multiple times before Fields accelerated and killed Heather Heyer at Charlottesville.
In a now-deleted Facebook post, Dixon wrote, “I used this rifle to chase off James Fields from our block of 4th St before he attacked the marchers to the south.”
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