COVINGTON, Ky. — A group of professors penned an open letter to Kenton County Attorney Stacy Tapke, asking that the misdemeanor charges against two CityBeat journalists be dropped.

The journalists, Madeline Fening and Lucas Griffith, were arrested during a protest on the Roebling Bridge in July.

Organizations who contributed to the letter include the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Greater Cincinnati Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, among others.

Individual signatories include several professors of journalism at the University of Cincinnati, including the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies, Alfred J. Cotton III.

“Lucas Griffith is one of t

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