ETSU Student Arrested At Black Lives Matter Protest For Wearing A Gorilla Mask And Holding Bananas
East Tennessee State University freshman Tristan Rettke was charged with civil rights intimidation after showing up to a Black Lives Matter campus protest wearing a gorilla mask carrying around rope and bananas. The 18-year-old Rettke stated that he wanted to “provoke the protestors.”
Rettke’s clearly having a hard time adjusting to a new school. It doesn’t appear that he has any friends, because otherwise he’d have someone tell him how moronic of an idea this was or he’d be too busy doing something like actually enjoying his college experience.
And I’ll just come out and say it: People should be allowed to be idiots and openly racist in this country, but with one caveat. The people you’re going out of your way to offend should then be able to kick the ever living shit out of you with no legal ramifications.
An arrest for civil right intimidation? The kid is reveling in the attention he was acting out for to begin with. But the potential consequence of a circle drill with a bunch of mammoth Omega Psi Phis and Tristan’s leaving his monkey mask and bananas at home, no questions asked..
[via WCYB]
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Oh I’m sorry, I thought this was america
8 years ago at 10:33 amAlso, if he wanted to provoke protesters he did it the wrong way. All he had to was take of the mask and show he’s white and voila, provoked.
8 years ago at 10:42 amGuy was just trying to get an OTMSHJ
8 years ago at 10:05 pmSo freedom of speech is no longer a thing?
8 years ago at 10:36 amNo it is as long as you aren’t a republican.
8 years ago at 10:37 amWhen will we finally classify the Black Lives Movement as a terrorist organization?
8 years ago at 10:41 amAs soon as they recognize ISIS as a real one
8 years ago at 11:56 amHe’s fine
8 years ago at 10:45 amBid
8 years ago at 10:45 amAnd yet the protester with the “Black lives matter. All lives don’t.” gets lauded? That’s hate speech. But I guess it’s like Orwell said, “All are equal, but some are more equal.”
8 years ago at 10:57 amIn general, I would agree with you on BLM, but you should probably learn to read first. The sign had an equals sign with a slash through it meaning, “black lives matter ‘does not equal’ all lives don’t.” Moron.
8 years ago at 12:38 pmDan’s main concern with this story is what happened to the bananas
8 years ago at 10:59 amOnly if they were deep fried with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup drizzled on top.
8 years ago at 11:01 amSomeone has to feed the monkeys they get hot out in the sun
8 years ago at 11:04 amHe’s an asshole but he has the right to be an asshole.
8 years ago at 11:13 amI’m as anti-PC as one can get, but there is a line and this dude crossed it. But this is another problem with PC culture: when everything and anything is considered offensive, it lumps normal people together with actual racists.
8 years ago at 11:18 amThese are the same people who are trying to throw white reporters into a fire and beating up anyone who challenges them that all lives matter.
The fact that they even got offended just confirms the obvious.
8 years ago at 6:11 pmI understand collegiate ramifications. A police GTFO request, also understandable. Arrested, bullshit, no laws violated.
8 years ago at 6:50 pm