The complaint says that Calhoon came from a residence hall and was displaying “disruptive and aggressive behavior.” The officer noted that “[u]pon arrival, Defendant disrupted their assembly by flipping the groups [sic] table, made obscene gestures, and shouted profanity, including ‘s— my d—,’ while flipping off the group.”
Calhoon was arrested and charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, fifth-degree criminal mischief and two counts of third-degree harassment.
This incident follows one at the Oklahoma State University where a YAF table was attacked after students displayed a large sign that stated, “Marriage = 1 man + 1 woman.” The student said “you do not deserve a conversation.”
Likewise, we previously discussed how a table was toss by a teaching assistant at Illinois State University. That individual was also later arrested for posts allegedly threatening President Donald Trump’s life. Derek Lopez, 27, was fired and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property.
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His federal arrest was linking to an Oct. 27 X post in which he allegedly said “I’m gonna kill Donald Trump, idgaf.”
The affidavit stated that “He explained he posted on social media about how he wanted to kill Nazis. He said it feels like Nazism and Fascism is on the rise. He stated he doesn’t want to kill people but his honest opinion some powerful people should be killed.”
“Cry harder,” the comment said. “Every day, hundreds of frail little kids in palestine [sic] die. Charlie Kirk spoke out, not to END their suffering but IN FAVOR of it. That was his free speech. My free speech is this: I Derek S Lopez, killed him. I killed Charlie Kirk.”
The important thing to remember is that this was a person that someone at the university felt should be a teaching assistant.
These incidents show the sense of license and righteous rage of many on campuses today. That is fed by a culture of orthodoxy and viewpoint intolerance that pervades higher education in the United States today.