Viral bodycam video shows transgender University of Central Florida Jarrett Vick being pepper-sprayed, tased and arrested after a confrontation with campus police escalated when the student accused an officer of misgendering him.The Feb.5, 2025, footage shows the blue-haired student shouting at an officer inside a campus building after police reportedly responded to a disturbance.
A UCF Police Department spokesperson said officers had responded to reports that a student was involved in a verbal altercation with several juveniles and became combative with officers when they arrived, according to Storyful."What’s the problem?" the officer asks at the start of the video.BODYCAM CATCHES SUNNY HOSTIN INVOKING HER LEGAL CHOPS AS COPS CITE HARVARD-GRAD SON FOR TRESPASSING"Why do you let those kids get away with this? They are not supposed to be here," the student responds, according to the footage.The officer then warns the student to calm down or face being placed in handcuffs and taken to a Baker Act facility, which is reserved for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis."F--ing try it!" the student yells back.New Viral bodycam footage from last year shows trans college student melting down over a campus police officer using wrong pronouns.
(University of Central Florida Police Department / Storyful)The officer can later be heard calling for another unit."Can we get another unit … he is having a breakdown."The student immediately objected to the officer’s pronoun use.
"She! She! Just say the right pronoun!" the student screamed.SAN FRANCISCO YMCA CHANGES LOCKER ROOM RULES AFTER TRANSGENDER CONTROVERSY: REPORTThe pronoun dispute continued even as officers tried to put the student in handcuffs.At one point, an officer warned, "I’m gonna spray him," referring to his pepper-spray, before the student became enraged.
"Don't say him!" the student yelled at the officers."Okay, her.I'm going to spray her," the officer said as he scuffled with the student with...