UT professor fired, arrested after pro-Palestine campus protest

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas at Austin professor was fired by the university Thursday days after he was arrested in connection with a pro-Palestine protest on campus. An attorney representing the professor told KXAN that a specific reason for his firing was not given.Richard Douglas Heyman, a liberal arts professor, was charged with interference of public duties-- a Class B misdemeanor-- following an incident with law enforcement on April 29 on the UT south lawn. Heyman was arrest