My Michigan friends know that there’s hardly anything I see eye to eye on with Democratic state Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is about as liberal as they come.

Yet, to my surprise, I found myself taking her side in a new controversy involving criminal charges against student protesters and an obnoxious accusation cast by Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

Nessel this month announced that her office would charge 11 individuals – mostly students and alumni – involved in protests this year at the University of Michigan.

The student protests related to the Israel-Hamas war, which riled campuses around the country, created extreme disruptions in this state, most notably at the University of Michigan. Most of those whom Nessel charged were pro-Palestinian protesters.

“A college campus should be a place where the exploration and sharing of ideas and opinions is able to flourish, but conviction in your ideals is not an excuse for violations of the law,” Nessel stated in a news release. “A campus should not be lawless; what is a crime anywhere else in the city remains a crime on university property.”

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