https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/12/04/university-utah-students-now/?commentID=be4edb49-88dc-4952-8139-f747bc778477
" Members of a University of Utah student group have been criminally charged after police say they stormed an event critical of the transgender community being held by a conservative club on campus."
"So far seven members of MECHA a group largely led by and for students of color at the U. face counts including both Class B misdemeanors and infractions. The charges are for disrupting the operation of a school, disorderly conduct and interference with a police officer."
"They were filed in Salt Lake City Justice Court over the weekend. U. spokesperson Rebecca Walsh said the school's police have also since identified an additional student allegedly involved and referred that individual for citations. The investigation is ongoing, Walsh added, and "additional charges could be filed as detectives continue to review footage and interviews."
"All seven individuals cited so far are enrolled students, ranging in age from 19 to 23 years old."
" The charges stem from the club's disruption of a Nov. 1 event held by another student group, Young Americans for Freedom."
"YAF, a conservative club, was hosting a showing of a documentary about transgender individuals who transitioned and later returned to their gender assigned at birth. MECHA called YAF's posters advertising the event which claimed, "The transgender movement harms women" transphobic and hate speech."
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The governor has said Utah state schools may not express political speech in their taxpayer funded role.
" Members of a University of Utah student group have been criminally charged after police say they stormed an event critical of the transgender community being held by a conservative club on campus."
"So far seven members of MECHA a group largely led by and for students of color at the U. face counts including both Class B misdemeanors and infractions. The charges are for disrupting the operation of a school, disorderly conduct and interference with a police officer."
"They were filed in Salt Lake City Justice Court over the weekend. U. spokesperson Rebecca Walsh said the school's police have also since identified an additional student allegedly involved and referred that individual for citations. The investigation is ongoing, Walsh added, and "additional charges could be filed as detectives continue to review footage and interviews."
"All seven individuals cited so far are enrolled students, ranging in age from 19 to 23 years old."
" The charges stem from the club's disruption of a Nov. 1 event held by another student group, Young Americans for Freedom."
"YAF, a conservative club, was hosting a showing of a documentary about transgender individuals who transitioned and later returned to their gender assigned at birth. MECHA called YAF's posters advertising the event which claimed, "The transgender movement harms women" transphobic and hate speech."
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The governor has said Utah state schools may not express political speech in their taxpayer funded role.
“If you’re going to have crime it should at least be organized crime”
-Havelock Vetinari
-Havelock Vetinari
