ASU “hate crime” followup
Interested Participant opines that what two ASU professors did to Leadership Institute field representative Emily Mitchell was not a hate crime, despite the subjectivity of the term.
Personally, I dismiss the notion of “hate crime”; such definitions are a violation of 14th Amendment equal protection. Heck, I don’t even agree with the premise of the club. What is clear is that the assault was not justified. Unclear is whether ASU is either going to handle this incident according to its own policies or establish a double-standard because of the color of Emily’s skin or the content of her politics.
Remember, we are talking about the same university that ordered a large American flag in a cafeteria be taken down post-9/11 for fear of offending foreign students. Interested Participant speculates that the ASU Police are “running interference.” I’m inclined to agree and hope we’re both wrong.
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