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Ohio State professor Luke Perez suspended after allegedly attacking cameraman who was trying to interview ex-university president
New York Post ^ | Feb. 12, 2026 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 02/12/2026 10:04:34 AM PST by nickcarraway

An Ohio State professor was suspended for allegedly attacking a journalist who was trying to confront the university’s former president after footage of the assault went viral.

Luke Perez, an assistant professor in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society, was in a Smith Laboratory hallway talking to two freelance reporters when he launched his alleged attack on February 9.

One victim, identified as Michael Neuman, attempted to walk past Perez when the staff member snatched at the man’s phone before grabbing the journalist and dropping him to the floor, according to the footage initially shared by DJ Byrnes on Instagram.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: academia; djbyrnes; education; lukeperez; michaelneuman; newyorkpost; nicholasmcentyre; ohio; ohiostate

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1 posted on 02/12/2026 10:04:34 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Wow. He needs anger management therapy.


2 posted on 02/12/2026 10:10:14 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway
...in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society...
3 posted on 02/12/2026 10:11:06 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: nickcarraway

Oh the humanities!


4 posted on 02/12/2026 10:11:22 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Jamestown1630

I thought he was theoretically teaching anger management


5 posted on 02/12/2026 10:13:45 AM PST by albie
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To: nickcarraway

The assaulted reported said
“He hits like a B*tch, too!”


6 posted on 02/12/2026 10:14:54 AM PST by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

Wasn’t this the same guy who overturned a TPUSA table a while back?


7 posted on 02/12/2026 10:16:13 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Jamestown1630

Big time.


8 posted on 02/12/2026 10:16:25 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: nickcarraway

Sue him for personal assault.


9 posted on 02/12/2026 10:21:20 AM PST by Iron Munro (Pamela Geller: Where Islam dominates democracy and non-muslims perish.)
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10 posted on 02/12/2026 10:22:57 AM PST by Iron Munro (Pamela Geller: Where Islam dominates democracy and non-muslims perish.)
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To: nickcarraway

So he is getting a paid vacation. Not punishment.


11 posted on 02/12/2026 11:12:25 AM PST by Dacula (Jesus is the only true savior. I reject satan and his pedophile fake prophet.)
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To: No name given

“Wasn’t this the same guy who overturned a TPUSA table a while back?”

There have been a few of these on campus TPUSA attacks, I think the one you are referring to is D-bag Derek Lopez, Illinois State faculty member last October.


12 posted on 02/12/2026 12:26:19 PM PST by DAC21
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