A professional-Palestinian pupil at a non-public college in Macon, Georgia, was arrested after making bodily contact with a conservative speaker delivering a speech on campus concerning the Israel-Hamas struggle.
Mercer University pupil Savannah Grace O’Brien was arrested Thursday by campus police on easy battery fees after making bodily contact with Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman, who gave the impression to be talking in assist of Israel, in keeping with WMAZ-TV.
The Atlas Society is a conservative nonprofit that promotes the philosophy of creator and thinker Ayn Rand, whose works embrace Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
O’Brien was booked into the Bibb County Jail on Friday and launched on $650 bail.
Mercer College pupil Savannah Grace O’Brien was arrested by campus police on easy battery fees. (Getty Pictures)
A video of the incident posted on social media by the Atlas Society confirmed the coed, who was wrapped in pro-Palestinian and transgender flags and carrying a masks, disrupting Grossman’s speech after taking difficulty along with her stance on the Israel-Hamas struggle and her earlier work as senior vice chairman of fruit and vegetable firm Dole.
The scholar approached Grossman on the entrance of the auditorium and interrupted her speech. The scholar then criticized Dole’s labor and enterprise practices and put fingers on Grossman.
A campus police officer was seen escorting the coed from the room after the incident.
“America used to be better than this,” the Atlas Society wrote on Fb.
Savannah Grace O’Brien was booked into the Bibb County Jail and launched on $650 bail. (Getty Pictures)
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Mercer stated in an announcement that it’s reviewing the incident and can take motion “as warranted.”
“Disrupting and invading the personal space of a speaker is not acceptable,” the college stated. “It is our hope this will ultimately prove to be a positive learning experience for the student.”
The speech was held at Mercer College’s Willet Auditorium and was hosted by the college’s chapter of the conservative group Turning Level U.S.A.
Many professional-Palestinian protests and disruptions have occurred at U.S. faculties and universities since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, resulting in a retaliatory army response from Israeli forces.
