A bizarre video shows a caped, wizard-hat-wearing student wielding a cane, tearing down an American flag and launching an alleged attack during a Turning Point USA event at a Texas university.
The unidentified individual removed the flag from a stand before confronting a TPUSA representative and two University of Texas students Tuesday, according to TPUSA Frontlines, the conservative group’s on-the-ground reporting operation.
Wearing glasses, a cape and a pointed hat, the student shouted profanities at activists taking part in “Pick Up the Mic,” an open-dialogue event created in memory of Charlie Kirk, the assassinated founder of Turning Point USA.
“Back the f–k up. Fascist pieces of s–t,” the person yelled while making an obscene gesture, according to the video.
The individual then swung the cane, striking one man in the legs during the event in Tyler.
“That’s assault,” a woman can be heard shouting.
Those at the scene restrained the alleged attacker before police placed the person in handcuffs.
While speaking with an officer, the student said they had been “backed into a corner” and apologized for the outburst, Mediaite reported.
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Three people were attacked, according to Julie Philley, president of UT Tyler, in a statement obtained by KLTV.
She stressed the attacker — who faces a criminal trespassing charge — isn’t enrolled at the university.
“Everyone has the right to free speech and violence will not be tolerated,” Philley said.
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), who cruised to victory in this month’s elections held in Texas’ 1st congressional district, thanked cops for their swift response.
“The First Amendment protects your right to speak, even to protest. It does not protect assaulting people you disagree with,” he said.
“Violence has no place on any campus, and it doesn’t represent East Texas. Thank you to UT Tyler police for acting quickly.”
The attack comes just a week after leftist University of Michigan student, Temulun Togochog, attacked conservative influencer Lizzy Benichou on the university’s Ann Arbor campus.
Benichou said the attack occurred during a “Liberty Under Fire USA tour stop” and claimed her attacker had been “identified as a supporter of Abdul El-Sayed,” the Muslim Democratic candidate who won the state’s Senate race in this month’s midterms.
Togochog faces a felony charge of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, as well as two misdemeanors of assault.
