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Kent State ‘Gun Girl’ Says She Received ‘Riot’ Welcome at Ohio University
Kaitlin Bennett, gun rights activist and Kent State graduate, visited Ohio University and was greeted by a crowd of screaming protesters. Bennett gained internet fame for “taking a celebratory stroll around campus carrying a semi-automatic rifle after her graduation from Kent State University in 2018,” as reported by USA Today.
On February 18, 2020, she posted a video on Twitter showing a crowd of students yelling and throwing drinks at her car. “This is what happens when a Trump supporter goes to a college campus. Leftists at @ohiou started a riot when @Joelpatrick1776 and I showed up, and the @oupolice let it happen. I think @realDonaldTrump should strip funding from universities like this that harbor terrorists,” the tweet said.
Kent State 'gun girl' says she received 'riot' welcome at Ohio University https://t.co/bp4xVxwtNT
— Columbus Dispatch (@DispatchAlerts) February 18, 2020
A statement by the Ohio University Police said that Bennett never notified police of her visit. “Although such notice is not required, the lack of it deprived the department of the ability to plan staffing levels,” the statement read.
The Ohio University Police also said that “the incident did not rise to the level of a riot.” “There was strong language, and allegations that some unknown person(s) in the crowd splashed water, but there were no reported injuries or violence, and no one was arrested during the event,” the statement said.
The Athens News reported that “Bennett, accompanied by a towering bodyguard and members of her conservative activist website Liberty Hangout, said her entourage dropped by OU on Presidents Day to film a video asking students ‘trivia’ questions related to the holiday.”
However, Bennett was bombarded by students with demands that she leave town. “It seems like the most liberal college in Ohio is also the most intolerant, the most disgusting, and the most horrific when it comes to diversity of opinion, and that’s what we’re showing here today,” Bennett said.
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It’s a sad day in America when we the people cannot have a peaceful protest against a government gone soft on equal rights!
And this is why 43 percent of America believe in COMUNISUM for the COMUNIST Demacrates have taken over our schools and no longer teach the truth about America anymore.
Brainwashed Communist! Nothing less.
At Kent State? does nobody remember? Wow, sad
Not at Kent State. She’s a graduate of Kent State but this happened at Ohio University.