(Note: See the UPDATE below.)
Harvard Law School students will honor Robin Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, as “part of the institution’s International Women’s Day celebration.”
Steinberg is in the midst of serving a sixty-day suspension after she was caught lying about the Defenders’ role in an anti-cop rap video.
The video features “a uniformed cop with guns pointed at his head.” (See above image.)
Two other members of the Defenders resigned over the scandal.
Despite her questionable ethics, Steinberg’s picture will hang in a place of honor at Harvard Law’s Wasserstein Hall for two weeks as part of the institution’s International Women’s Day celebration.
She will also be recognized in a March 10 keynote address organized by two student-run groups — the Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Harvard Law and International Development Society.
NYPD union leaders blasted the school for honoring Steinberg, with Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch calling it “embarrassing.”
“In that she lied to city investigators regarding her role in the disgusting ‘Hands Up’ cop-killer video, it is obvious that she is not being honored for her ethics, integrity or for her management skills,” he fumed.
“Holding her up as a role model effectively tarnishes the award.”
The Harvard Law groups did not respond to Post inquiries for comment.
h/t to BizPac Review.
UPDATE: Late this afternoon, Harvard announced that it has canceled the tribute to Ms. Steinberg:
“We did not intend for her nomination to suggest in any way that it is acceptable to harm police officers or incite others to do so,” the [Harvard Law] statement said.
“As lawyers who aspire to build a more effective criminal justice system, we believe that advocating violence against police in any form is reprehensible.”
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