UCLA professor on leave after denying student request to postpone exam amid George Floyd protests

The University of California, Los Angeles placed a lecturer on leave after denying a student's request to postpone an exam amid protests over George Floyd’s death.

Accounting lecturer Gordon Klein’s "classes have been reassigned to other faculty" as the school investigates the situation, according to NBC News.

A student requested that Klein postpone an exam while protests spread across the country after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.

"Thanks for your suggestion in your email below that I give black students special treatment, given the tragedy in Minnesota," Klein answered the request in an email. "Do you know the names of the classmates that are black? How can I identify them since we've been having online classes only? Are there any students that may be of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian? What do you suggest I do with respect to them? A full concession or just half?"