Posted on 05/04/2005 9:24:25 AM PDT by MikeA
Arrest made at Coulter speech; Student arrested, charged with disorderly conduct after offensive question Wed May 04 2005 11:57:58 ET
Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by controversialist Ann Coulter at the University of Texas at Austin.
THE TEXAN reports: Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached.
Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence.
"You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage," said Ajai Raj, an English sophomore. "How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but f*@k his wife up the ass?"
UT Police officers approached Raj to arrest him, resulting in a mass exodus of protesters chanting, "Let him go."
"The person had been disruptive the entire event," said Matt Hardigree, former Student Events Center president. "He took the opportunity to say something lewd and offensive and then made masturbatory gestures as he exited."
Hardigree said that Cheryl Wood from the Office of the Dean of Students spoke with some of the protestors before the event, and assorted members of the Distinguished Speakers Committee asked them to sit in the back if they had signs and to leave quietly if they wanted to leave.
According to Jeffrey Stockerwell, a friend of Raj, officers violently seized Raj and illegally searched him after his question.
Police have charged Raj with disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor.
Representatives of the Austin People's Legal Collective were taking statements from everyone at the scene, in case it should be taken to court.
The booing began early into Coulter's speech, when she issued a joke to pro-choice advocates.
"I wonder why those 'I Heart Partial-Birth Abortion' T-shirts aren't selling better," she said, followed by a combination of cheers and jeers.
One student asked Coulter why universities and institutions place microphones in front of Coulter when she advocates terrorism against liberals, prompting Coulter to mention the strength of her book sales. Coulter has had four New York Times best sellers.
The $30,000 event was co-sponsored by the Texas Union Student Events Center and Student Endowed Centennial Lectureship Committee.
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He wrote a column about being arrested for dope during spring break....
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:KcYYNOWOF9cJ:www.partycampus.com/article.php%3Fid%3D231+Ajai+Raj&hl=en
There is a hideous left-wing book I was forced to read in college, called "Dog Soldiers". It was slightly enlightening, in that it describes how the 1960s left-wing movement was sold-out and ruined in the 70s by undisciplined youth and money-making drug dealers who couldn't live up to their own hippie ideals.
This dumb kid reminds me of that book.
The once-great institution of TU (that is for the aggies) has degenerated to a cesspool of liberalism and libertinism. This punk has no idea what this world is about. He is a spoiled, self-indulgent brat who has never come face to face with reality. This incident will not shake him from his tree. But it is clear that will be his destiny....to confront, one way or the other, bills, responsibility for a job, responsiblility for children. He is on the road to making the wrong choices, and thinks he is impressing anyone. He is the quintessential generation X Hippie. Get a job, Hippie.
He can intern for Professor Churchill in Colorado.
Why else is Austin known as "The Peoples Republic of Austin.
A town renowned for it's leftist leanings.
I am ASHAMED of my alma mater today!
For one, it seems like there is a definite lack of a maturity consideration in the admissions policy of this “college”.
Second, if this “college” doesn’t dismiss this imbecile rather quickly, one doubts if any English Language majors would seriously consider spending their parents’ money there.
Third, I wish that Ms. Coulter could move to the right of her rather moderate positions, however, this avid fan hopes that Ms. Coulter continues to broadcast her message, regardless.
It was already well down that path when I graduated in 1979.
I've never met another heterosexual couple who even discussed such a thing.
You can't be serious.
I disagree. The student who set this up and picked Ann up at the airport said the protestors were in the minority and that the crowd cheered when the cops cuffed that idiot. I live in Austin and saw the video on the local news of the campus police putting him in the car, and there were maybe 15 to 20 protestors at most that followed the cops outside. Ann said on Hannity and Colmes last night when asked if this was the worst she had faced on any campus? "No this was one of the better ones".
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