Good. She should absolutely be charged. I would recommend the student journalist file a civil rights suit as well.
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Did she put her hands on him and actually hit him? Unless she hit him, I donāt get the assault charge. She has no business teaching journalism, though.
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Good point!
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Wow, donāt go into the legal bidness. Youād be a huge failure.
There was and is no āprotestorsā areaā.
The entire protest was illegal, period. The entire thing was a riot. All the protestors, who were and are idiots, should have been arrested.
The 1st Amendment contains a clause about peaceable assembly. In other words, you are not allowed to impede the movement of others in public spaces. The protestors violated the 1st Amendment rights of the journalist.
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?? What would constitute a legal protest? White guys brandishing guns on public land?
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Nor does the protesterās right to be on public property trump the journalistās right to be on public property.
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You donāt have to have ātraining in journalistic ethicsā to be guaranteed protection under the First Amendment. Regardless of the reporterās motive, it was a public area and any journalist had an absolute right to be present.
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In fact, the attempt to restrict the movement of the journalist was a violation of his 1st Amendment right to peacably assemble.
One conducted with a permit. Obtained from the cops.
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Cat eye glasses. A sure sign of poor judgement.
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Cat eye glasses for sure. And even thought this sounds kind of dentalistā¦ well, thereās just an awful lot of teeth in that picture, arenāt there?
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This is a stupid charge. Granted, she acted very silly and emotionally and should not have said what she said, but charging her for a $300 misdemeanor smacks of a police department acting punitively. Iāve been a communications prof since before there was communications (that is a joke, BTW) and I was embarrassed by her actions and words. Iāve been in many protests and there is no precedent for her actions. That said, people get all caught up in the protest action and sometimes do stupid things.
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One thing I could never figure out - she is faculty, this was a student protest. What was a faculty member doing in a student protest? She should not have been there, period.
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Alot of his rhetoric reminds me of #gamergate. White guys claiming ājournalistic ethicsā as a cover to do just what they want to other people. Deeply ironic since this protest revolved around the treatment of black students on campus by white folks. And since then, the fallout has been increased intimidation, more swastika graffiti and the like, targeting black students.
āThis kid w/ a camera was demanding & pushing his way into their gatheringā
You know, itās not hard to find and actually watch the video online. If thatās what you perceived was going on, you must have watched something else. The only other explanation is you have projection issues like the wall of students in the video shouting at the kid to stop pushing and yelling at themā¦ as they clearly continue to bully, shout at him and push him backwards. It is laughably disingenuous to insinuate his ābehaviorā was anything remotely similar to the antics of Westboro or that OāKeefe loser.
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Of course this professor should have been fired for what she did. But good grief the prosecution is serious overkill. Assuming she pleads not guilty, I am confident that a jury (or the judge if she chooses a bench trial) will acquit. The prosecutor should have exercised discretion.
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Good. Now can we dispense with the childish notion that there are āsafe spacesā in the world where people who donāt like criticism can curl up with their blankies?
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āThe TV station also reported that more than 100 state lawmakers signed a letter calling for Clickās dismissal in early Januaryā
How many more than 100? 101? 150? 1,000? Sorry, but this kind of ambiguity speaks to either bad journalism or total BS. Is it really that hard to do the work and find out the exact figure.
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Technically, assault is the imminent fear of bodily injury; battery is the actual injury. You do not have to touch someone to assault them. That is why you often hear the term āassault and battery.ā
I would have thought it wise for the police to stay away from racially charged protests unless absolutely necessary. From what Iāve seen, most of these types of protests donāt become less violent when there is a heavy police presence.
āOne conducted with a permit. Obtained from the cops.ā
Wow, let us all hope you are not in the legal ābidnessā (sic) at all even as a intern because that sentence is an epic fail in logic relative to public demonstrations. Here is a hint for you: You statement does not apply universally. As a simple legal search would show. You are extrapolating either from what someone either told you or what you want to believe. Serious critical thinking failure.
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