An expert on anti-fascist groups is fleeing the U.S.

According to MLive sister publication, NJ.com , Mark Bray , an assistant professor of history at Rutgers University, is moving his family to Spain.

Bray says he received death threats days after the Turning Point USA chapter at New Jersey’s state university posted an online petition demanding that he be fired due to his research and past comments on antifa.

As of Thursday afternoon, 1,139 people have signed the petition.

“With the current trend of left-wing terrorism, having a prominent leader of the antifa movement on campus is a threat to conservative students on campus,” it reads.

“Dr. Bray has regularly referred to mainstream conservative figures such as Bill O’reilly as fascist while he calls for militant actions to be ta

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