KSU Young Democrats issued a statement on their Twitter: “We’ve known America First Students and it’s leadership are a poisonous presence at K-State. McNeil tweeted “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month!” Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Black Lives Matter at Kansas State University and we will continue to fight for social justice.”. The real cowards are people like you who bend over backwards to defend this shit in fear of being called racist or whatever. Kansas State was recently at the center of not one, but two, viral hate crime hoaxes. Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month! The university statement declares “it is not the proper role of the University to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive.”. Advertisement - story continues below. To stay in contact with The College Fix and get links to our articles, please sign up for our twice-weekly emails. Some Kansas State football players have also spoken out about McNeil’s comment, with a couple of the messages clearly stating that they will not be playing for the school until it takes action. A growing number of Kansas State student athletes have vowed not to practice or play for the school unless students who post things which “openly display racism” on social media, are expelled. As Kansas State University conducts an “immediate review” of options to punish student Jaden McNeil for making a joke on Twitter, Black Lives Matter activists have released a statement demanding McNeil receive “strong consequences of his actions” or they “will not play.”. — Jaden McNeil (@McNeilJaden) June 25, 2020, McNeil is a sophomore student at Kansas State University and the president of the campus group America First Students. ... Kansas State students, alumni and athletes demanded that McNeil be expelled. The executive board of the KSU Young Democrats blamed followers of Jaden McNeil for disrupting Tuesday’s KSUnite event in a tweet and demanded … The insensitive comments posted by one K-State student hurts our entire community. He wrote: “The insensitive comments posted by one K-State student hurts our entire community. University athletes want student expelled for tweet about George Floyd’s drug use, Original. The real cowards are people like you who bend over backwards to defend this shit in fear of being called racist or whatever. Jaden McNeil, the president and founder of America First Students, published a Twitter post on June 25 mocking the death of George Floyd. The university may be limited in their ability to take action; in 2017 it adopted a version of the Chicago Statement on free-speech, earning itself a “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. As can be expected, these tweets did not sit well with many in the university community. Kansas State football players demand that a student is expelled. McNeil retorted, “You’re not allowed to say ‘White lives matter’ without them attacking you as a white supremacist and calling for you to be expelled. Not a serious university and pathetic.”, READ NEXT: WATCH: Man Arrested After Wearing Blackface at Anti-Racism Protest, Kansas State Student Under Fire for George Floyd ‘Drug-Free’ Tweet, Copyright © 2021 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Also, leftist K-State students have been trying to get Killstream guest Jaden McNeil expelled from the university. You’re pathetic.”, "Coward" I'm one of the few people in this country willing to stand against the mob. Jaden McNeil is a student at Kansas State who is the leader of a group called America First Students. The group is close to conservative commentator Michele Malkin, but also has connections to white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Student reported. This is not a threat, it’s a promise.” The user replied to the tweet and wrote: “This person is directly threatening violence against a conservative on his college campus. @KState.”, One user responded to the university’s statement and wrote: “K-State is a weak university for responding to a student’s free speech. The group’s Twitter profile describes itself as an organization dedicated to “strong borders, traditional families, the American worker, and Christian values.”. Jaden McNeil, a junior majoring in ... and community members called for McNeil to be expelled from the school. 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