How a First-Grader Taught Her School District and a Federal Judge about Free Speech

In March 2021, California principal Jesus Becerra was confronted by a clear and present threat to his school. - JONATHAN TURLEY

Standing before him was the culprit — a student apparently so dangerous that Becerra had to act without delay to protect the entire Viejo Elementary School in the Capistrano Unified School District.
The little girl is known only as B.B. in federal filings, but her actions were so heinous that a parent alerted Becerra to take whatever action was necessary.

• Beccera showed B.B. the incriminating evidence: a picture of children holding hands with the words “any life” written under “Black Lives Matter.”

Confronting the little girl, Becerra allegedly called the paper “racist.” 

• He told her that she would need to apologize for the outrageous statement. (Becerra denies using the word “racist.”). 
• Her family alleges that she was also suspended from recess for two weeks, apparently to consider her failures as a human being.

That single piece of paper has since prompted years of litigation, in which California educators fought for the right to punish this child for a picture given to a friend. 

 And if that seems outrageous, you do not even know the worst of it...