Pro-life students faced online threat to Kirk the anti-abortion table suspect charged with felony
A pro-life student display at Miami University in Ohio became the target of an alarming online threat, prompting a police investigation and the felony arrest of an alleged poster, according to Students for Life of America.The incident unfolded due to an Oct.28 Yik Yak post as the group hosted a campus display, with screenshots appearing to show a user on the anonymous social media platform asking, “How many dining dollars to Kirk the anti abortion table in Armstrong,” an apparent reference to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.“We were in the Armstrong Student Center inside,” Grace Kimzey, Ohio Regional Coordinator for Students for Life of America, told Fox News Digital in an interview Friday.“We had our display, we were towards the end of our tabling in our tour when a student saw a post online at Yik Yak,” Kimzey said.
“He was just keeping tabs on what’s being talked about on social media, about our table and about our display.So we saw that, and then I immediately called the Miami Police Department just to keep our students safe.”A press release from Students for Life of America, shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, said that a 19-year-old Miami University student was arrested on Nov.
2, on a felony charge and multiple misdemeanor charges after allegedly posting the message on Yik Yak appearing to encourage violence against Students for Life of America members staffing the campus pro-life display.According to Students for Life, the post was made in Yik Yak’s “Miami Ohio” group, which is visible to the app’s users near the university.The group said that the student was arrested and charged with one felony of making a terroristic threat and various misdemeanors, including inducing panic, aggravated menacing, and telecommunications harassment.The incident was also referred to the FBI.Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told Fox News Digital in a statement that the climate for free speech ...