Thread about the YCT UNT event about criminalizing child transitions, and the protest against it today
More than an hour before the event, at least 6 cops are already here.
They've blocked the alleyway off of Avenue A and have locked the back doors of Curry Hall
Four cops are standing right in front of the front doors on the inside of Curry Hall
Cop came up to me and asked me if I'm with the North Texas Daily. I'm not
No backpacks allowed inside
Speaker might have arrived already. Not 100% sure
Protesters have arrived
A dozen more cops in and around the building
Protesters are now being allowed inside
Room is getting full, mostly by protesters
Kelly, speaker, and another student entered, mostly boos, and a couple of cheers
Can't hear the speaker
Jeff younger getting bood
"F*ck these fascists" roaring through the room
Jeff Younger asked for more
A man with a shirt that says "All Lives Matter" is asking protesters for their names
Cop asked him to stop
Father of transgender father, who is also a professor, asking protesters to calm down
People don't want him to speak, and have started making noise again
Younger is now asking for people to drown him out
Students now going up to him and asking him to leave
Younger is now yelling at the crowd, calling them communists
Younger now called the crowd Russia, as well as a continuation of calling them communists
The chant "trans rights" echoing through the room
Younger continues to taunt the crowd
People have drawn on the board "Doesn't pay child support"
"There is no such thing as a Trans person" Jeff Younger
Two more cops entered the room (there was only one at the start of the meeting)
"This is what leftist politics looks like" Jeff Younger
"Listen up snowflakes"
"You guys are perpetually confused"
Jeff Younger
The crowd is now chanting "Deadbeat father"
The presentation has not started
"Do you think Suicide (of trans children) is funny?"
"Yes"
Younger has started the conversation saying that this talk is illegal
The conversation is now about communism and Antifa
He has claimed that a journalist from New York Times contacted him under a fake name
Younger asked that, in an act of repentance, that the journalist work at Fox News
Younger is now misgendering his daughter
Younger is now claiming that interrupting speakers is not a social norm
Younger is now misgendering a student in the crowd
Younger has left the building, 40 minutes earlier than planned
He claims someone spit on him
Police asking people to wait got people to leave safely
Over 100 people outside, chanting "Protect Trans Kids"
Now students chanting "F*ck Jeff Younger"
End of thread
Thanks guys, be safe
Just wanted to add
There are cops in riot gear
Sorry, not cops. State Troopers
Cops still blocking Mulberry Street
Someone just got hit by a cop car. Ambulance is here
Ambulance has left. The injured person's status is unknown but she was able to get on the gurney with help
Secondary source tells me that in an attempt to rush @kelly_neidert out of the area with a cop car, the cop hit the protester.
I was not at the scene
Crowd is smaller, but state troopers are still here. Some of the campus police has left
Riot police starting to disperse
Cops packing riot gear and leaving
Cops are gone.
End of thread
Thanks guys, be safe
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