UCLA Murder-Suicide Suspect Had ‘Kill List’; Woman on List Found Dead: LAPD Chief Beck

[Angel Martin]

37. in my book, this is beyond normal criticism

I agree you don't need a carry permit just because a former student disagrees with your research conclusions, or doesn't like your teaching style.

but this case features repeated false accusations of theft of intellectual property, which could be slander and or libel

By all accounts the murdered Prof pushed Sarkar thru the PhD program and was responsible for him getting his doctorate (2014). Then the killer turns around and accuses him of intellectual property theft. UCLA investigates and says, no way - the "theft" is in his imagination.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3621726/The-PhD-student-shot-UCLA-professor-dead-Indian-rubber-engineer-killed-thesis-supervisor-wouldn-t-let-graduate-committed-suicide.html

And two years later, the killer has still not moved on but is posting this stuff on social media. Plus libelling the Prof as a thief, deceiver and false friend to any UCLA student that will read it.

this is all highly hostile behavior. It is beyond normal "criticism".

If I was in the Prof's situation, and Sarkar was still in the LA area, yes, I would have wanted a carry permit. Although I have to admit that given Sarkar's move to Minnesota, I probably would not have bothered and I would have suffered the same fate as Professor Klug (RIP).