Massachusetts, Nov 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A terror bomber Raymond Luc Levasseur who has spent 18 years in a federal prison will now be allowed to speak at the University of Massachusetts on Thursday after his speech was originally canceled due to his terror leanings. The phenomenal turnaround happened because a group of faculty members decided to invite him and the University of Massachusetts said that it must fulfill its promise to “academic freedom”, hence they invited him to speak at the esteemed institution.

Raymond Luc Levasseur, is the former leader of the revolutionary group called the United Freedom Front. He had been instrumental in planning a series of bombings and bank robberies along the East Coast between 1976 and 1984. He was finally released from federal prison in 2004 after serving 18 years for his crime.

However there are people who aren’t too happy with this turnaround and don’t want Raymond to speak. “He shouldn’t be allowed to talk to any students,” Rick Brown, president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts said, “Why give this man any credibility to speak in an academic environment? He has no remorse and who knows if he’s out to recruit. UMass should be ashamed of themselves for even inviting this man on campus.”

“We’ll be out there to show our displeasure,” he said. “I’m disgusted by the fact that UMass would even consider doing this. We don’t think it’s appropriate.”