Texas Tech student who criticized Charlie Kirk is jailed, raising free speech concerns
Texas Tech University declined to say Monday why its police officers arrested a student who was filmed in a heated exchange at a vigil for Charlie Kirk - an incident that drew national attention, with Gov. Greg Abbott cheering her arrest for mocking the conservative activist's assassination.
The university police department would only say that the student, 18-year-old Camryn Giselle Booker, was charged on Friday with simple assault, a class C misdemeanor that typically does not result in jail time. She was booked into the Lubbock County jail at 4:52 p.m., and released the next day at 2:11 p.m. after paying a $200 bond, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office said.
The university said in a statement that Booker was no longer enrolled at Texas Tech, but it didn't say if she had been expelled.
"Any behavior that denigrates victims of violence is reprehensible, has no place on our campus, and is not aligned with our values," a spokeswoman said. "Federal law prevents Texas Tech University from commenting on individual student conduct matters. We take all reported violations seriously and address them under university policy and the law."
