The Northern Kentucky University has appropriately handled the case of the university professor who urged her students to vandalize a University-authorized pro-life display. The professor, Sally Jacobsen, apparently personally participated in the vandalism.
Two days after the event, Ms. Jacobson was unrepentent, but now has apologized, saying "I deeply regret my impulsive action in dismantling that display." This apology came after the University reprimanded and suspended her until her retirement next month.
I hope that her apology is sincerely intended and that she recognizes that free speech rights apply as well to those who disagree with her.
According the the news report (linked above), the prosecutor is looking into the vandalism and will probably not prosecute the strudents involved.
Ms. Jacobson's act was both wrong and criminal (the two are not always congruent). I, for one, hope that there be no prosecution at this point and that the matter will drop. The pro-life display has been restored. Call me soft on crimninals, but not all wrongs are righted by crinminal prosecutions. At this point, it seems to me that there are more dangerous criminals out there to occupy the prosecutor's energy.
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