Academia, Criminal law

Former BSU Professor Arrested For Defacing Lincoln Statue With Feces And Paint

We have been discussing campaigns against Lincoln statues as well as the destruction of such statues.  The latest example is in Boise, Idaho where former Boise State University adjunct professor Terry Wilson, 37, has been arrested for defacing a Lincoln statue. He has previously served as a spokesperson for Black Lives Matter in Boise. Both BLM and Antifa groups were reportedly involved in the defacing of the statue.

While it is rare for academics to be involved in such destructive protests, other professors have supported such criminal acts including Professor Sarah Parchak at the University of Alabama who supplied instructions on how to topple such monuments. As we have also previously discussed, one professor called for more Trump supporters to be killed. Another called for strangling police. Rhode Island Professor Erik Loomis, who writes for the site Lawyers, Guns, and Money, said he saw “nothing wrong” with the killing of a conservative protester — a view defended by other academics.

According to the police report, “Seated Lincoln” was splattered with  red paint and feces. A Black Lives Matter flag was wrapped around its neck and signs around the statue read, “Defund the police,” and, “The prison industrial complex is modern day slavery.”

Wilson was identified by the police through “both physical and electronic evidence.” When they approached Wilson with an arrest warrant, he reportedly fled but was captured.  The report states that he was “found to be in possession of a firearm, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.”

Until December, Wilson worked as an adjunct professor at BSU. A graduated of BSU’s School of Public Service, he  taught University Foundations general education courses at Boise State. He also maintained a Twitter account Exegesis Joe that advocated for defunding the police and other causes.

I have previously disagreed with the campaign to remove Lincoln statues.  However, we can have civil and productive debates about that history. That type of passionate and informed debate is what defines our colleges and universities as educational institutions.  For that reason, it is particularly distressing to see current or former academics supporting these destructive protests.

For Wilson, he is now looking at an array of charges. Ordinarily, a defense attorney would be looking for a plea bargain to drop the drug counts in favor on a one or two count plea. It is not clear if Wilson would accept such a plea which ordinarily involves an express apology and acceptance of responsibility. Wilson’s Twitter account shows someone with long stated and deeply seated views that may make such a public statement more difficult for defense counsel to secure. It is possible to reach a deal without such an admission, but it can reduce the inclination of the court to sentence the client within the recommended range of the plea.

127 thoughts on “Former BSU Professor Arrested For Defacing Lincoln Statue With Feces And Paint”

  1. Living in Idaho the last 45 years I find it amazing that BSU would even consider hiring such a person.

  3. I like the picture of this guy. This is what ‘institutions of higher learning’ are staffing with these days and this is why they are becoming fascist hell holes.

    I wonder if he will keep his job? It really is past time for sane management to clean the dreck from the halls. This guy is no Professor Kingsfield.

  4. BLM poops on Lincoln’s statute. Hard to understand, but not the first time they’ve attacked Lincoln. Maybe they are illiterate and wholly ignorant of the debt they owe him.

    Now let’s talk about ignorant white folks who suck up to BLM.

    Trust me idiot white folks, if you think you can outdo Lincoln in what he did for black Americans, you can’t. He sent 300,000 white soldiers to die to end slavery.

    One day, your contribution to the BLM cause, however paltry, will be forgotten. But, on the outside chance you are remembered– your memory will be pooped on too.

    Because that’s how they roll!

    Any white person who kowtows or bows to BLM, is a fool, a traitor to your own kind, and a self hating evolutionary dead end. Stay with them for good, because once you cross that line, we don’t want you anymore.

    1. Love how your white robes trail behind you so fetchingly in the wind. Wait…, you just farted really hard you say? My bad!

    2. It doesn’t matter what Lincoln did or did not do. The idea is to completely invalidate everything this country was built on and install a Marxist utopia.
      If you ignore the fact that a Marxist utopia has never worked, it’s a brilliant idea.

  6. Next in their crosshairs, the 4th amendment:

    From Forbes:

    The U.S. Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether it’s permissible under the Fourth Amendment for police officers to enter people’s homes without a warrant in limited circumstances under a “community caretaking” exception, which the Biden administration has backed but has provoked objections from civil rights groups…

    The American Civil Liberties Union, Cato Institute and American Conservative Union Foundation filed their own brief opposing the policy as being a dangerous slippery slope, which could “give police free rein to enter the home without probable cause or a warrant.”

  7. Professor Turley, Stupid question: Since he would have lied about using drugs, depending on when he bought the gun, could he face enhanced charges for that?

  8. Re: What is laughingly called a “press conference”

    There is no Joe Biden. There is no president. There is only a doddering old fool serving as a bumbling mouthpiece for the Harris-Rice-Obama administration. It’s a pathetic fraud, propped up by lackeys in the media.

    Please, somebody. For the love of sanity and honesty — put him out to pasture.

    1. Sam – “Please, somebody. For the love of sanity and honesty — put him out to pasture.”
      ***
      At this point it is better that Biden stay in view since each appearance makes it obvious the election was stolen.

      1. Young, we have seen similar circumstances occur in the political halls of our enemies where we watch waiting for one leader to fall and another to rise as the fighting in the inner circles lead to a victor.

        Those enemies are dictatorships / communist but ours is supposed to be a Democratic Constitutional Republic where things like that don’t happen. That sort of tells us that the fascist left is presently running the show.

        1. S. Meyer- “the fascist left is presently running the show.”
          ***

          Yes it is and they are so confident that they barely trouble to hide it.

          The election was stolen.

      3. “Stolen….” Human ignorance and the craven wishful thinking of Big Lie eaters account for the continuing “stolen” meme. Or maybe it’s simply the desire to appear utterly stupid in public.

        1. Stolen = “to take surreptitiously”

          If your understanding of words is below par, I wouldn’t announce it to the world.

          SM

    2. “So we’ve an attempt score 2 free Senators by making DC a state, a plan to alter Congress by axing the filibuster, a scheme to turn the Supreme Court into a legislative chamber through court packing, and now this: Speaker Pelosi says it is her “right as Speaker” to seat or unseat any member of Congress she wants even if the election is certified.

      Tell me again how it is the GOP that is a threat to the Republic.” @noonanjo

  9. What a shame that this cretin “teaches” at the university level. Based on his actions, he’s better suited for pre-school.
    Parents, do your kids a solid and research the “institute of higher learning” they/you may be considering. Lately, there have been too many stories about “professors” acting at least juvenile, at worst radical.
    I hope he loses his job, but these are the days of idiocy, so I won’t hold my breath.

  12. Public Service? The collectivist name for “I’m gonna be the master telling everyone what to do, everyone will be the slaves.”

  15. Put him in an Honest Abe cell and spray him with white glossy paint. Put a sign on his door which says “paint it black”.

  16. I wonder what this academic was teaching? Was it how to be a leftist and destroy public property? To do so did he need drugs and a gun? This is pathetic. Our leftist friends on the blog don’t seem to get the fact that his job is to teach young minds. Instead they vent anger towards Turley because Turley dared to show a leftist in a bad light.

      1. Ha, ha. Anonymous the Stupid, anyone that has read what I have written knows you are an idiot.

        1. Ha, ha. Anonymous the Stupid, anyone that has read what I have written knows I am an idiot.

          FIFY

    1. The left is big on feces. The left still has’t learned to control its bowels so they riot, kill, destroy, burn, etc. Instead of leading the nation they should all be put in diapers.

      1. “They turned the U.S. Capitol into a craphouse.” So says the NY Post dated January 08, 2021. Apparently some Jan. 06 Trump rioters carried feces from a Capitol bathroom and spread it around; the smell of urine was in the air, according to one congressman. So please, don’t tell me that spewing shit is exclusively a leftist phenomenon.

        1. Apparently some Jan. 06 Trump rioters carried feces from a Capitol bathroom and spread it around;

          Curious to know how it was determined to be Trump rioters. After all, it is the calling card of the left.

          1. Perhaps I could have written “domestic terrorists” or “violent extremists”, a whole bunch of whom were wearing little red caps. One side does not have a monopoly on scatological expertise.

            1. a whole bunch of whom were wearing little red caps.

              Well, of course. No self-respecting Antifa member would wear a MAGA hat.

              One side does not have a monopoly on scatological expertise.

              I need to expand my news sources. Where would I find reports that MAGA supporters are defecating and urinating during their riots?

              1. Associated Press investigative reporters concluded that the Jan 06 mob consisted overwhelmingly of right-wingers, some wearing MAGA caps. Therefore it is a safe bet to assume that most were Trumpists. I listened to news reports at the time. One Capitol witness said Statuary Hall had been desecrated. The aforementioned NY Post is a source.

                For what it’s worth: I think that the Capitol mob was composed of mostly desperate, disaffected individuals, some with PTSD and/or addiction to rage. Their political stripes were incidental.

                1. Therefore it is a safe bet to assume that most were Trumpists.

                  In conclusion, despite a year’s worth of political unrest that has documented evidence the defacing of monuments, violence, arson, assault and murder was dominated by those on the political left, we are to assume these actions carried out on January 6th were by MAGA hat wearing supporters of the political right.

                  I’m no lawyer, but as a juror, your assumption is not compelling.

                    1. Terrible. Just terrible. So if all 300 were Trump supporters and for arguments sake, he has roughly 73 million supporters, then approximately .000004% of Trump supporters were arrested on January 6th. He!!, Joe Biden has that many supporters crossing our southern border during a coffee break.

                      Get back to me when 100,000 Trump supporters gather anywhere to violate U.S. law.

                  3. How many Biden supporters were arrested for their activities on a single day in a single place, Olly?

                2. “Associated Press investigative reporters concluded that the Jan 06 mob consisted overwhelmingly of right-wingers, some wearing MAGA caps. Therefore it is a safe bet to assume that most were Trumpists. I listened to news reports at the time. “

                  The officials that provided the original news stories to the talking heads that don’t bother to question what they here are now retracting a lot of it.

                  “For what it’s worth: I think that the Capitol mob was composed of mostly desperate, disaffected individuals, some with PTSD and/or addiction to rage. Their political stripes were incidental.”

                  That makes sense.

            2. I suppose you could say that if you weren’t alive for the past 4 years, but based on what has been seen, one side most definitely has a monopoly on scatological expertise and that is the left.

              SM

              1. What are the specific instances of monopolistic, leftist scatology?

            1. Stupid, why? The commenter asserted it was Trump supporters that did that. I was curious to know how that was determined. Pretend I’m on a jury, what evidence do you have to prove it was Trump supporters?

        2. Apparently you are a leftist because you are spewing crap without knowing who did what. Where is your proof that Trump people not Antifa people, anarchist people, crazy people, spread feces all over the Capital bathroom. Some congressman supposedly says he smelled urine. That may be so but based on what a lot of the leftist congress people have said they were scared to death so it is very possible a lot of them peed in their pants.

          By the way we are now hearing from officials that a lot of things they initially said was overblown.

          1. Allan sets off his incisive, yet dementedly insane, commentary with “By the way…”

            1. “By the way…”

              Anonymous the Stupid, the retractions currently being made by those who previously reported the news of the capitol difficulties change the dynamics.

              By the way, you are Stupid. Do you know why? Because you are Anonymous the Stupid.

                1. Homer Simpson is merchandisable and something associated with the ability to make a profit.

                  You, Anonymous the Stupid, are something people want to hide or trash. You aren’t worth anything and sometimes one has to pay to get you taken away.

  18. Personally, if found guilty, I hope he has the opportunity to view the “prison industrial complex” first hand

  19. Dominion has now sued Turley’s employer, Fox News, and again Turley has nothing to say. Just like his silence on Smartmatic’s defamation suit against Fox. If he is not allowed to mention anything that might disparage Fox under his employment contract, he has an ethical obligation to explain his silence to the readers of this blog who expect his impartiality on First Amendment issues. I wonder whether Fox will demand that Turley appear on Hannity to defend Fox against these lawsuits. So far, there has been no mention of them by the network. How long can Turley pretend these lawsuits don’t exist? His silence is embarassing.

    1. JS

      Two blog posts telling Turley what to write!!!

      I am sure that he will give your suggestions all of the consideration that they deserve.

      1. Well, if you won’t, I have to! You know as well as I do- though you won’t admit it publicly- it is curious that Turley has remained silent on these huge First Amendment defamation lawsuits! He must have heard about them. They are in the news.

        1. JS:

          “Dominion has now sued Turley’s employer, Fox News, and again Turley has nothing to say.”
          *****************************
          I suppose your writing comments here proves you support everything Turley says, does or writes. I love Leftist logic. By the way, Dominion’s suit is a deadbang loser.

          1. Deadbang loser? Sydney Powell has already backed away from her wackiest allegations and tossed the True Believers under the bus. Dominion doesn’t need to win the suit to win the day. You must be new to this sort of thing.

              1. Mespo concedes to Brad’s observation and immediately pivots to attacking the messenger to deflect from his lack of expertise.

                1. Not quite. Mespo actually understands the idea behind these suits and the need to frame specific responses. These are not at all like a suit to settle a boundary dispute where the rationale and process are obvious.

                2. Anonymous the Stupid you don’t get things right because you aren’t too bright.

                1. Allan hopes that everyone laughs at this as much as he did when he typed it with two fingers.

                  1. Anonymous the Stupid, after reviewing what you wrote, do you still think you have a brain?

              3. ZERO, which is why I shouldn’t have to be the one to explain this stuff to you.

                Even Trump dumped Powell when he realized her Dominion conspiracies were only overshadowing and damaging his legitimate election grievances. Maybe she was another Deep State plant all along…

        3. JS

          Imagine if Turley had had the benefit of your kibbitzing from the beginning.

          Imagine what he could have achieved.

          Up to now, he has had to struggle along without your help.

          I am sure that he really appreciates your invaluable comments.

      2. Monument, don’t be too hard on JS. The left knows how to destroy. They don’t know how to build.

          1. Anonymous the Stupid it might seem so to a CUCKOO, but that is what we expect from Anonymous the Stupid.

            1. Nice. Take it to the first grade playground at recess. Sign of a true genius at work.

                1. Allan breaks free of the thorazine haze and takes a shot at high brow humor.

          2. Anon to Meyer- “Why does every comment of yours belong in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST?”
            ***
            Because he is addressing cuckoos most likely.

    2. Turley is under no obligation to write about things you want him to write about. His silence about the lawsuits does not mean he is “pretending” they don’t exist.

      You are the one doing the pretending. You create a fake, imaginary “obligation” for Turley then demand that he fulfill the fake, imaginary obligation that you imagined he has.

    3. Just remember, you and your ilk are responsible for electing a guy that will barely limp over the 100 day finish line. How proud you should feel electing the first president to be 25th’d, with the cackling climber just waiting till he is done doing her bidding. And then a congress that needs to nuke the filibuster to finish this country off. They will need H.R. 1, because no rational person that loves this country would ever vote for a Democrat again. Yep, you own everything going on right now and that’s after supporting the failed coup of the last president.

      Stop whining about what Turley is writing and write about all the great things your president and congress are doing to this country.

          1. But you do that every time you open your mouth. I could never do the job to your level, Olly.

    4. As usual the same nonsense appears time after time. For the billionth time, it is Turley s blog. Like EVERYONE else who writes a blog he gets to pick the topic. If you don’t like the topics he chooses START YOUR OWN BLOG!!! Then YOU get to pick the topic. EASY!!! I would think you would get tired of writing the same BS virtual everyday.

    5. How does dominion hope to prevail after the finding of the court that indeed the machines of dominion are designed to commit fraud.

    6. Jeffrey, anyone can sue anyone else for a variety of manufactured reasons.

      Libel and defamation cases are a dime a dozen and rarely succeed. The Dominion-Smartmatic suits are no different. Yet you’re acting like them filing the lawsuits is some sort of victory for your side.

      These are what’s known as nuisance lawsuits. Dominion & Co know what is coming their way, because they know they were busted. So they are creating legal flak.

      BTW, you’re definitely in the running for the dumbest Jewish guy I’ve ever come across.

    7. See how these Democrats just ignore the story and go with their talking points about something else.?

      They are not sincere participants in discussion.

  20. Aside from the obvious comments, I am struck by a grown man playing with his poo.

    Reminiscent of a monkey at the zoo.

    1. Does he bring his hairstylist a bozo the clown picture as a reference?

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