A Santa Barbara City College academic whom radical activists attempted to intimidate by heckling and booing when she spoke out against the board’s ban on reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during meetings is suing the California school for denying her free speech rights.
Adjunct professor Celeste Barber (not to be confused with the comedian of the same name) said that an angry mob—whose conduct she claims was condoned by the campus administration—tried to silence her while she made comments at a college board of trustees meeting Jan. 24.
