The police department of San Francisco State University (SFSU) has ruled that charges are “unfounded” and suspended an investigation into last April’s attack on NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. The action seems odd given the nature of the attack and the denial of Gaines’ right to free speech.
Gaines came to discuss the issue of women like herself being forced to compete against swimmers such as Lia Thomas, who competed as William Thomas on the University of Pennsylvania men’s team without much success. Against the 5-foot-7 Gaines, the 6-foot-1 Thomas managed a tie for fifth.
Thomas’ gender status is a matter of biological science, not what Thomas happens to think of himself, or what the NCAA rules. This is the same organization that strips student-athletes of their right to market their name and image when they play college sports. A university campus is a good forum for debate, but, at SFSU, with no warning from the........