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Reed College launches investigation after employee gives FBI info that led to alumnus' arrest in anti-ICE riot
ThePostMillennial ^ | 8/9/25 | Hayden Cunningham

Posted on 08/09/2025 5:42:29 PM PDT by CFW

In a memo to the college community on Tuesday, President Audrey Bilger said she first learned of the incident through media reports and confirmed that an independent third-party investigator will conduct the review.

According to a report by OregonLive, a federal affidavit revealed that investigators identified alumnus Robert Jacob Hoopes as a suspect accused of throwing a rock that struck a federal officer in the face. The incident occurred during a June 14 protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland.

According to the affidavit, FBI investigators used facial recognition software along with images from OregonLive and the university to identify Hoopes. One match came from a Reed College photo-sharing page showing a man with a distinctive tattoo on his forearm. The software also identified an Instagram account under the name “Jacob Hoopes.” Investigators contacted the college’s community safety director, who provided Hoopes’ full name, address, and phone number.

Bilger said two assistant directors will step into acting director roles while the investigation is underway.

“We are initiating an investigation into this action and its impact on our standards and our community,” Bilger wrote in the memo. “This inquiry will be thorough and conducted with urgency and fairness by a third-party investigator.”

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Things that make your blood pressure rise.

No concern that the guy was throwing rocks at law enforcement, but plenty of concern that an employee helped the FBI catch the guy. Things are upside down.

1 posted on 08/09/2025 5:42:29 PM PDT by CFW
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I accidentally cut out the first paragraph.

“Reed College has launched an investigation into why its director of community safety provided an alumnus’ personal information to the FBI without a subpoena or warrant, which led to the man’s arrest.”


2 posted on 08/09/2025 5:43:33 PM PDT by CFW
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Well, he is done at Reed. They will fire him and then I hope he finds a lawyer who can make hay with it.


3 posted on 08/09/2025 5:48:04 PM PDT by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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Reed College, more liberal than that is impossible.


4 posted on 08/09/2025 5:52:20 PM PDT by Fungi
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And that just makes it worse because we’re not just talking about any old employee, we’re talking about the director of community safety. If he isn’t 100% about making sure scumbags like this rock thrower are dealt with, who should be?


5 posted on 08/09/2025 5:53:57 PM PDT by Dahoser (Liz Cheney needs to work on her soccer skills so she fits in when she transfers to Guantanamo High)
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“”” If he isn’t 100% about making sure scumbags like this rock thrower are dealt with, who should be?””””

It was a peaceful rock throwing.


6 posted on 08/09/2025 5:55:46 PM PDT by shelterguy
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I’m using the term very broadly, but it seems that “whistleblowers” who alert the authorities to crime are not protected at all. Snitches get stitches.


7 posted on 08/09/2025 5:57:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The list of things I no longer care about is long. And it's getting longer.)
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Feds should completely cut off all federal funding, including student loans and grants, and shut down Reed Commie College.


8 posted on 08/09/2025 5:58:15 PM PDT by madprof98
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Mostly peaceful rock throwing.


9 posted on 08/09/2025 6:05:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Maybe not. Reed is and always has been a leftist/commie school.
They’ll probably award him a medal.


10 posted on 08/09/2025 6:07:57 PM PDT by doc maverick
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Yes. Not a penny.


11 posted on 08/09/2025 6:11:01 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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Heck, I would have given the FBI the entire alumna directory. Ten copies One hard copy and nine thumb drives.

No clerical job could be more insulting than dealing with college students, faculty, and alumni. Going to work every day to have to taste that triple layered, entitled $hit sandwich for eight hours a day would be worse than Hell.

12 posted on 08/09/2025 6:15:13 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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It’s incredible what the priorities of the college are. And they are the teachers of these students. Great modeling of what is right and what is wrong.


13 posted on 08/09/2025 6:20:05 PM PDT by KittyKares
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You nailed it.

Reed College is an ultra hotbed of commies. They are working to punish the guy who helped the feds and protect the criminal.


14 posted on 08/09/2025 6:20:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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showing a man with a distinctive tattoo on his forearm

Serial killer Richard Speck has a tattoo Born To Raise Hell on his forearm. 1966. Murdered eight student nurses. Prosecutor in Chicago said his case ended the age of innocence in America.

15 posted on 08/09/2025 6:27:59 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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GEEEE-—WHEN COPES INTERVIEW WITNESSES-—NO WARRANTS FOR INFO ARE INVOLVED


16 posted on 08/09/2025 6:28:06 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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This school is a caricature of what a education should be. I can’t believe these idiots pay good money for this.

Reed College
Motto: Communism, Atheism, Free Love

Undergraduate tuition - $67,020 USD
Total enrollment: 1,411 (2013)
Campus: Suburban, 116 acres (470,000 m²)
Endowment: $814.45 million (2024)
Established: 1908; 117 years ago


17 posted on 08/09/2025 6:34:09 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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Hoopes is a lifelong quaker and is supported in his actions by his dad and the quaker community.


18 posted on 08/09/2025 6:35:06 PM PDT by Cold Heart (BP S GW)
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Maybe it’s time to launch an investigation into Reed College. Could this be interpreted as obstruction of justice? I’m no lawyer, but punishing an employee for assisting law enforcement seems like skirting the edge.


19 posted on 08/09/2025 6:45:08 PM PDT by mbrfl
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Another tranny antifa...let’s hope suicide takes this POS out.


20 posted on 08/09/2025 6:46:38 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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