SFSU Releases Shocking Statement on Riley Gaines Assault
As RedState previously reported, Riley Gaines, a top collegiate swimmer, was assaulted and held hostage after speaking at San Francisco State University recently. Shocking videos showed the chaotic scene as police tried to rush Gaines through the hallways only to leave her barricaded in a room for three hours. Outside, militant trans activists could be heard demanding money for her release.
In the end, not a single person was arrested, and now, SFSU is praising those who attacked Gaines. In a truly insane statement, Jamillah Moore, Vice President for Student Affairs, lauded the “protesters” as brave and in need of healing while failing to even mention the violence that occurred by their hands.
Dear SF State community, Today, San Francisco State finds itself again at the center of a national discussion regarding freedom of speech and expression. Let me begin by saying clearly: the trans community is welcome and belongs at San Francisco State University. Further, our community fiercely believes in unity, connection, care and compassion, and we value different ideas, even when they are not our own. SF State is regularly noted as one of the most diverse campuses in the United States—this is what makes us Gators, and this is what makes us great. Diversity promotes critical discussions, new understandings and enriches the academic experience. But we may also find ourselves exposed to divergent views and even views we find personally abhorrent. These encounters have sometimes led to discord, anger, confrontation and fear. We must meet this moment and unite with a shared value of learning.
Thank you to our students who participated peacefully in Thursday evening’s event. It took tremendous bravery to stand in a challenging space. I am proud of the moments where we listened and asked insightful questions. I am also proud of the moments when our students demonstrated the value of free speech and the right to protest peacefully. These issues do not go away, and these values are very much at our core.
This feels difficult because it is difficult. As you reflect, process, and begin to heal, please remember that there are people, resources and services available and ready to receive our Gator community, including faculty, staff members, coaches and mentors who are here to support you.
Campus resources are also available:
1. Equity and Community Inclusion
2. Counseling and Psychological Services
3. Dean of Students Office
The well-being of the SF State campus community remains our priority.
Sincerely,
Jamillah Moore, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
SFSU has decided that the real victims, in this case, are the screeching, hysterical trans activists who physically assaulted and kidnapped someone for using their First Amendment rights.
I’d call the statement tone-deaf, but it’s not tone-deaf because this is exactly the tone that SFSU is shooting for, which is to claim that those committing violent acts (or just being generally deranged) are actually the ones who were victimized. Moore even provides links to counseling and “equity and community inclusion” services in the email. Don’t get me wrong, every single one of those “protesters” needs counseling (and more), but not in the way that Moore is suggesting.
How else am I supposed to read that statement except as an open admission that trans activists are above the law, both in regard to the state and the universities they attend? They can apparently assault people and violate the rights of others with impunity. You literally had a hostage-taking captured on video at SFSU, and the police made zero arrests while the university praised the hostage-takers. What are normal people supposed to even do with that?
The answer is becoming more clear: Get out.
You will not be protected in these far-left jurisdictions because the systems are stacked with partisan activists from top to bottom. We saw that with the recent murder conviction of Daniel Perry. The cops are activists, the university administrators are activists, and the district attorneys are activists. I understand the desire to fight back and retake ground, but you aren’t retaking SFSU, and at some point, your personal safety and the safety of your family have to come first. If you remain in these deep blue areas, it’s just a matter of time before you are victimized.
Lastly, Gaines needs to take legal action here. She needs to sue the university, those who attacked her, and the police department (if they refuse to make arrests). I’m not a lawyer, so I understand it’s more complicated than my one-sentence demand, but there are absolutely legal remedies to pursue in this case. The only way this stops is when consequences are put on the table.
As we previously reported, All-American swimmer and women’s rights activist Riley Gaines was assaulted and surrounded by a screaming mob of trans-activist students when she went to speak at San Francisco State University. The campus police had to rush her to a room where they were barricaded inside for three hours. She said they were afraid to confront the crowd outside in a truly scary moment. The “activists” were caught on video talking about demanding money for her release. She wasn’t able to leave until the city police finally showed up and were able to free her from the crowd.
Yet, so far, there have been no arrests according to the university police department, despite those violent actions taken against her. Indeed, there was an incredible statement issued by Jamillah Moore, Ed.D., SFSU’s “Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management.”
Click on it to see the full statement.
She praised the people “who participated peacefully” and said how “proud” she was of them. Nowhere was there any mention of the violence of the mob, and nowhere was there a condemnation of those actions. If you read that, you’d be having flashbacks to 2020 and the “mostly peaceful” BLM riots. Indeed, her concern was not for Gaines, who had been assaulted, or the university being so out of control that speakers can’t be safe there, but for the students who needed to “heal” after Gaines’ visit. The poor ranting fascistic students who wanted to shut down speech that they didn’t like were, in her mind, the victims.
But Riley Gaines was having none of that. On Saturday, she said that this wasn’t going to deter her. She told Tucker Carlson she would not be silenced as she described the scary situation to him. One of the most shocking things was the response of the police and how they were afraid to respond because they were afraid of what the mob “was capable of.” She also said that she would be seeking legal action against the people involved and that they would face “repercussions.”
Now, Gaines is responding specifically to that statement from Jamillah Moore.
“I’m sorry did this just say PEACEFUL…. I was assaulted,” Gaines declared. “I was extorted and held for random [ransom]. The protestors demanded I pay them if I wanted to make it home safely. I missed my flight home because I was barricaded in a classroom.” “We must have different definitions of peaceful,” she said.
Yep. It’s fascinating how the definition of “peaceful” changes for those on the left when it involves people on their side of the aisle. When it involves anyone from the left, even if the person is violent, it’s peaceful and the violence is the fault somehow of the people on the right. Even setting fires is “mostly peaceful” to liberal reporters as the flames engulf the buildings over their shoulders. If the people in question are not on the left or are on the right, then mere words can be violent and an “assault.”
Gaines pointed out the ambush was “the opposite of peaceful.”
She also tweeted some more about what happened during the attack on her, to Moore.
Warning for graphic language:
How much do they think they can get away with it? You can hear one of them justifying their actions against her by blaming Gaines, saying if she didn’t want this, “she should not have came here.”
Gaines is lucky to have made it out without further injury, and it’s shameful that the school has not condemned this and there has been no action taken against anyone, so far. Gaines knows where to start in terms of any action she takes. She could take action against a variety of people here, including the school for the failure to act properly to protect her on their campus. The school might want to reconsider its approach because right now, it’s just digging itself a bigger hole with its response.
Post a Comment