ASU Profs Assault Caucasian Club Rep

(Tempe, Arizona) Following up on a previous report, it's alleged that two ASU professors have assaulted one of the supporters of the Caucasian American Men of ASU (CAMASU).

From The Arizona Growler:

Emily Mitchell, a field representative for Leadership Institute, reports via email that two Arizona State University professors assaulted, injured, and harassed her yesterday over her support of Caucasian-American Men of ASU, an officially-recognized campus group. Unfortunately for the assailants, she has video.

Mitchell filed a hate crime report describing the assault by two female professors from the College of Fine Arts. The professors refused to state their names. The assault left Mitchell quite shaken, with a bloody hand and damaged video equipment.

Now, I've watched the video and, frankly, I don't see a hate crime. Of course, since 'hate crime' is so ill-defined and subjective, what do I know? However, I do see disagreement between the professors and Mitchell which allegedly escalated to assault. The video doesn't capture the actual assault but it's easy to believe that it occurred. To be fair, though, the conversation leading up to the assault could easily be interpreted as Mitchell goading the professors into reacting dramatically. Even so, the professors are not justified in assaulting Mitchell.

Nonetheless, in an effort to identify the assaulting professors so formal charges can be filed, CAMASU students distributed "Wanted" posters (link - pdf file) around campus but were told by ASU Police to stop because there were "some complaints." Consequently, Emily Mitchell is struggling to find the names of the two professors while the ASU Police appears to be running interference.

All in all, Emily Mitchell was promoting CAMASU when she was engaged by two liberal professors and the result was a skirmish. The alleged assault was wrong and the perpetrators should at least buy Mitchell a new camera and pay for any medical bills.