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First Amendment Expert Calls Post-Dispatch Editorial on Protests 'Irresponsible' and Imprecise
Document Type
Blog Posting
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
Gateway Journalism Review
Abstract
Gregory Magarian, one of the nation’s leading First Amendment experts and a professor at Washington University Law School, criticized the Sunday Post-Dispatch editorial for irresponsibly lumping together violent and non-violent protests. He sent this letter to the Post-Dispatch Editorial Editor Tod Robberson after the editorial criticized actions of protesters following the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. Magarian says Robberson replied “We stand by the editorial as written.”
Keywords
First Amendment, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Political Protests, Political Violence
Publication Citation
Gregory P. Magarian, First Amendment Expert Calls Post-Dispatch Editorial on Protests “irresponsible” and Imprecise, Gateway Journalism Review, Sep. 2017, http://gatewayjr.org/1a-expert-challenges-imprecision-of-post-dispatch-protest-editorial/
Repository Citation
Magarian, Gregory P., "First Amendment Expert Calls Post-Dispatch Editorial on Protests 'Irresponsible' and Imprecise" (2017). Scholarship@WashULaw. 210.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/210