A former NDP candidate who tweeted “F*** the police” in response to the killing of two EPS officers has been suspended from her university’s board of regents..Kerri Claire Neil — who stood in the 2018 Windsor Lake by-election — came under fire for her tweets sparking an internal review at the Memorial University of Newfoundland..Neil — a self-declared communist — has shown little remorse for her tweets; in May 2022, she posted “God Kill the Queen” only months before Britain’s longest reigning monarch died at the age of 96..In a statement on Friday, Memorial University said: “The board of regents’ executive committee concluded its review of a board member’s recent social media comments. Under the board’s code of conduct, members are expected to act with integrity and respect.”.“As such, the member was found in non-compliance, and [has] been suspended for the remainder of their term, which ends on Aug. 31, 2023.”.In response to the news, Neil said: “So I was finally booted from the board of regents! Kinda [sic] impressed I lasted this long?”.She added she hoped to see “more rad folks” elected to the board in the forthcoming election..Some on social media called for a permanent ban from the board on Neil, however, her supporters were quick to highlight another ongoing scandal at MU following a CBC investigation which found Vice-Chancellor Vianne Timmons’ claims of being from an indigenous background as false..Timmons is currently on a six-week paid leave while the university consults with indigenous stakeholders.
