{"id":8374,"date":"2023-10-11T06:06:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/protesters-taken-into-custody-after-vandalizing-table-at-riley-gaines-speech-at-penn-state\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T06:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:36:56","slug":"protesters-taken-into-custody-after-vandalizing-table-at-riley-gaines-speech-at-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/protesters-taken-into-custody-after-vandalizing-table-at-riley-gaines-speech-at-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters taken into custody after vandalizing table at Riley Gaines\u2019 speech at Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two people were detained by police on Tuesday on the campus of Penn State University after appearing to cause a disturbance during Riley Gaines’ appearance at the school, according to videos circulating on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Videos posted to X, formerly Twitter, by The College Fix show two individuals approach a table on campus where Gaines was expected to attend for the Real Women’s Day rally. One individual is seen knocking objects off the table.<\/p>\n

Another person is seen shouting in the face of someone, calling him “transphobic” in reference to a sign he is holding. The person then flips over the table.<\/p>\n

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Riley Gaines speaks at Penn State University.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When an officer reaches the two, he appears to attempt to bring one into custody, who responds, “Don’t f—ing touch me like that.”<\/p>\n

“Will you f—ing let go of me?” the person continues, while also calling the officer a “bitch.”<\/p>\n

The other individual asks if the two are being detained, to which the officer replies that they are.<\/p>\n

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Riley Gaines speaks in front of protestors.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That’s when the video cuts to the two people in handcuffs next to a police vehicle. A bystander asks what they are “being arrested for,” and an officer says “disorderly conduct, right now.”<\/p>\n

Gaines told Fox News Digital via text that two individuals were arrested Tuesday. University police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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In a video recorded<\/a> before the two were detained, one of them went up to several people shouting expletives.<\/p>\n

Dozens of protesters arrived at Gaines’ speech, chanting “trans lives matter.<\/a>“<\/p>\n

Gaines on Monday said the school canceled her appearance, but in an email to Fox News Digital, the university said that was not the case.<\/p>\n

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Riley Gaines gives a speech at Penn State.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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 “that many will consider controversial, either because their views are not widely held or because a speaker espouses ideas that are actively hateful.” A school professor also said Gaines has “espoused hateful messages.”<\/p>\n

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