The author uses the very high bar set for criminal incitement created by US First Amendment law to state that material such as "It is time for the movement to begin wreaking havoc...We must act now” is not a criminal offence, and thus that MIT should permit it.

Not so fast. This smart guy EE PhD candidate is skating right on the edge of a crime. But even if no DA is prosecuting, his writing is clearly threatening to a small minority group on campus during a turbulent time when actual violence was being committed at major universities including MIT. Definitely a student code of conduct violation, crime or not.

Good for MIT.