President Trump held a rally in Mobile, Alabama, Friday night on the University of South Alabama campus. Before the event even kicked off, three students from the school were arrested for allegedly making threats against Trump.
This has become so normalized that these students probably think they did nothing wrong.
FOX News reports:
Three college students face federal charges over alleged threats against Trump ahead of campus rally
Three University of South Alabama students were arrested Friday over alleged threats against President Donald Trump ahead of his evening rally on the Mobile campus, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News.
The students were each charged with threatening the president over social media posts allegedly made in the days leading up to Trump’s visit, according to the Lagniappe Daily.
The federal cases were unsealed Friday afternoon, just hours before Trump was scheduled to take the stage at the university’s Mitchell Center, the outlet reported.
Federal investigators discovered the posts while conducting social media intelligence searches ahead of the president’s visit and used emergency disclosure requests and information from University of South Alabama police to identify the individuals, according to FBI affidavits cited by Lagniappe.
One student allegedly wrote a threatening remark toward Trump under a TikTok post about the president’s planned visit to the campus, according to an FBI affidavit cited by the outlet.
Another student allegedly posted on X that people would “remember the University of South Alabama the same way they remember Utah Valley University,” according to the outlet’s account of the FBI affidavit.
That part about Utah Valley University is obviously a reference to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
AL.com has more, including a statement from the school:
According to court records made public Friday, the alleged threats were made separately on social media and were not linked to each other.
They were discovered on Sept. 29 during an intelligence search of social media in anticipation of Trump’s visit to Mobile. All three were taken into custody Friday. They will be held throughout the weekend and will appear in court on Monday for detention hearings.
The University of South Alabama released this statement Friday night:
“The University of South Alabama unequivocally condemns any form of threats directed at elected officials or any individual with whom we disagree.”
“We encourage open dialogue and active civic participation, and having a difference of opinion is a natural part of any vibrant community. However, there is a clear line between exercising free expression and engaging in intimidation or unlawful conduct.”
FBI agents said in federal charging documents that Woods, a freshman aerospace engineering student, on Sept. 27 posted on TikTok “he gotta die bro,” with the crying emoji next to it.“
Trump had a good time, anyway.
FRIDAY NIGHT TRUMP DANCE IN MOBILE
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