The following comes from an Aug. 16 press release from Life Legal Defense Foundation.
(August 15, 2014 – Santa Barbara, CA) Today, Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, was sentenced to 108 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management, and three years probation for her assault on a group of pro-life students in early March. She was also ordered to pay a small fine and restitution of almost $500. The incident took place on the Santa Barbara campus, where Miller-Young attacked and forcibly took property from teenagers who were exercising their free speech rights in the public square to educate about abortion and promote its alternatives. As a result, Miller-Young was convicted of grand theft, vandalism, and battery in July.
Thrin and Joan Short, victims of the assault for which Miller-Young was convicted, were in court to hear the sentencing, along with their mother, Katie Short, Life Legal Defense Foundation Legal Director. Despite Miller-Young’s attack, the Short family has called for restraint in speaking about Miller-Young.
“While Miller-Young submitted a written apology to the court for taking and destroying the sign, the sincerity of that apology is undercut by other letters she submitted from colleagues, several of which attempt to shift the blame onto the pro-lifers,” said the elder Short. “Regardless of the actual level of her remorse, her conviction on three misdemeanor charges will undoubtedly be sufficient to dissuade her from any repetition of her outrageous conduct. The prosecution itself should have disabused her of the notion that she could victimize pro-lifers with impunity, an attitude clearly on display in the video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLemX9QtUa4],” she added, referring to footage taken by the Short sisters during the assault. “We hope that anyone else who might consider violence or vandalism against pro-life advocates will take note.”
Katie Short is wrong; this is a ridiculous sentence. No constitutional scofflaw will be dissuaded by this kind of slap on the wrist sanction. Where is the public apology to the young women? No one should care what the Empty Skirt professor said to the Court by way of apology — she needs to sincerely regret what she did to these young women — and to the Constitution. Of course, the University of California, and its dopey UCSB administration will say little about this, or if so, it will be heavily qualified and discounted by the faculty, staff and students. Ms. No-Academic-Standards will be a heroine to them. To our brave warriors, keep on being brave, and fighting the good fight for life. Too bad society does not care much, but that makes you all the more valuable. As Jesus said, “If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.” John 15:18 (DRV). Please locate effective legal counsel and consider appropriate civil legal action.
3 years probation, 108 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management and restitution of $500. That is not a slap on the wrist.
Sorry, “Anonymous,” but it is. This sad “academic” and her followers and her employer, need something more bracing. At the very least she needs to spend at least some time in the pokey. This shows to all that what she did is criminal, is worthy of incarceration (so do not do it ever), and that the State will take away your freedom if you do this criminal thing. Even if it is a weekend only type of jail time, this loss of freedom is compelling. Instead, this woman loses nothing except some time that she will likely use to proselytize about her “ordeal” and all that. And the fine is crazy low — there should be something like at least one more zero attached to it. A $5000 fine would sting more than only having to give up a few Starbucks visits. Nope, this is California’s way of saying, well, we need to give you something as you were caught on video, but be careful. This woman needs help, and society needs to be warned.
Katie Short said simply that the 3 misdemeanor convictions will be sufficient to dissuade Miller-Young from repeating the acts in the future. And you say Katie is “wrong” about this, that in your opinion Miller-Young will in the future repeat these acts against pro-lifers? I think I’ll side with Katie. As for my own opinion, it’s extraordinarily bad form for ANYONE to take a swipe at Katie, one of the top pro-life lawyers in the country for decades. Cool your jets.
“Rambler”: Wow — what a non-sequitur! And an implied threat, to boot!! The blog was written as an opinion, and was directed not at Ms. Short — who deserves great credit — but at the court. Are you her father? It seems that Ms. Short is a tough cookie, and does not need your highly personalized attack warning. The Court was wrong. Its “penalties” will mean nothing to the Liberal set — that is the message, which, by the way, was intended for more than just Ms. Short and her heroic daughters. Many, many people should be doing what the Short daughters are doing, and they are at risk when the rule of law is largely ignored (opinion alert!!). You should really grow up, and try to look at what is at work here. A system is being manipulated, by the Nutty Professor’s lawyer, and likely the University of California, to come out of this pretty well. What Ms. Short should do is find an aggressive CA civil lawyer and consider suing Ms. Porn Professor, the UCSB administration, and the UC System. Now, that would be something; perhaps not a hugely successful something in terms of money, but a stake in the heart of the Beast. The discovery alone would be priceless, even if they ultimately receive only a small monetary amount. You really need to keep up, Rambler.
You’re talking to a 30 year lawyer and out of your league. Cool your jets.
You really need to advance your vocabulary, Rambler, as well as reading retention. The Court was wrong, as is anyone who supports this soft sentence. And, the blog addressed the Court, not Ms. Short (please re-read the piece). No wonder Professor Feminist Studies is smiling. Nice that you are so protective, however. One guesses, though, that Ms. Short is very able to handle herself independently. One hopes that a civil suit is on the horizon, or at least a highly charge media blitz showing what criminals the UC system employs. Nice personal insult language about “out of your league.” Are we talking baseball here, perhaps something you learned in Little League? Or something far more serious? Again, the comments were not about Ms. Short, who is worthy of high respect, but about a legal system that was clearly manipulated.
Many sick, violent, filthy, liberal “activists” during and since the horrid, hedonist 1960’s, should have all gotten at least this kind of sentence! But many were never caught! Also, students and professors of this kind, all should have been immediately expelled from colleges for good — and never allowed to return! A school of any kind, is not a place for sick, violent, filthy, immature “juvenile delinquents” to “play!” And NO— a college student ready to enter adulthood, and adult work, marriage, and responsibility– is NOT supposed to be preparing for a life of hideous rock “music,” ” rebellion,” criminal hatred towards his society, immature, immoral “free sex,” dope addiction, and self-centered, babyish, violent, filthy behavior!!
The sentence seems light, but consider that every time this pseudo-fembot has to put in her hours to complete her sentence, or to write a check for restitution, she is again confronted with her actions. She can’t decide to go have coffee with her fawning admirers, she has to put in her hours to complete her sentence. We all have an obligation to pray for her conversion during those hours. She is the offender, but we can help toward her not offending God. She’s not off the hook yet. Unless she has a change of heart, she’s going to have to answer for this incident before the Heavenly Court. Better now than then. And yes, I would consider civil court action by the Short family. The more the offender is reminded of her offense, the greater chance she has of repentance for her offense.
I agree with Katie Short’s assessment. The fact that we got a conviction will set a precedent and allow us to sue those who don’t like our pro life presence by inflicting bodily harm.
Basically the penalties for assaulting the misses short freedom of speech will be sufficient for the incident. However I do think it would have been an added and justified requirement to also declare that the school teacher make a public apology. Just think of Congressman weiner and all the other politicos who and sports figures who have been required to make public statements humbly apologizing for their verbal or physical assaults on opponents. If it was good for them, it would have been good for Miller-young.
Too bad she is a “tenured” professor, although her behavior is accepted by all too many university professors.