Two people were arrested by police Tuesday on the campus of Penn State University after appearing to cause a disturbance during Riley Gaines’ appearance at the school, according to a video that went viral on social media.
Video posted to X, earlier on Twitter, by The College Fix showed two individuals approaching a table on campus where Gaines was expected to attend a Real Women’s Day rally.
An individual is seen knocking an object off a table.
Another was seen shouting at someone, calling him “transphobic” in reference to the sign he was holding.
The person then turned the table.
When an officer reached the two, he apparently tried to take one into custody, who responded, “Don’t touch me like that.”
“Will you let me go?” the person continued, while also calling the officer a “b—h.”
Another individual asked if the two were under arrest, and the officer replied that they were.
That’s when the video cuts to two people in handcuffs next to a police vehicle.
A bystander asked what they were being “detained” for, and an officer said “disorderly conduct, now.”
One of the aggressive protesters cursed an officer when they tried to arrest them. College Fix/X protesters were arrested after vandalizing tables before Riley Gaines’ performance. College Fix/X protesters come to Riley Gaines’ speech, chanting “trans lives matter.” Riley Gaines/FOX News
Gaines told Fox News Digital via text that two individuals were arrested on Tuesday.
University police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
In a video recorded before the two were arrested, one of them goes to several people shouting abuse.
Individuals were seen approaching a table on campus where Gaines was expected to attend a Real Women’s Day rally. The College Fix / X
Dozens of protesters arrived at Gaines’ speech, chanting “trans lives matter.”
Gaines on Monday said the school canceled his appearance, but in an email to Fox News Digital, the university said that was not the case.
The former college swimmer posted a video in which Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi previously explained that, as a public university, the school is “bound by the First Amendment” to allow speakers “whom many would consider controversial, either because their views are not broad. held or because the speaker supports ideas he actively hates.
A school professor also said Gaines had “contained hateful messages.”
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