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So what happened was on June 3rd, I posted about Officer David Dorn, who was sadly killed. He shouldn't have died. I was very angry and not happy about what happened, which is nobody cared about him. And I found that very hypocritical. So I posted a picture of him and said, there are a bunch of hypocrites, which they are. And that got a little backlash. People weren't happy about that. And it was mostly the bad people from my school. And the next day, I had a post which was myself in my backyard with my legally owned AR15A rifle, and I said, don't tread on me. And 1989, 64, which, for the people who didn't pass history class, that's something that happened many years ago that really matters in a lot of hearts of many people, especially people who care about democracy, which the bad people don't care about and obviously Fordham doesn't care about. And that got a huge backlash the same day. And when I saw that, without the need to explain, I still explained that it has nothing to do with recent events. The two poles are even connected. It was just, you know, June 4th was the day of the anniversary, and I was proud to have the rightful. I was proud to express myself, and I was very appreciative of the rights we have in this country. And that's what happened. And I explained in the comments, I said that, you know, it's just my appreciation. We have the right to bear arms in this country, and with everything that's unfold since then, it's also the First Amendment that we should appreciate. And that's something you talk about, Charlie, almost every day. What happened was, despite my explanation, the Fordham University even commented on my post. I don't know if that's giving me credit, but they commented on the post. And then that night, around 10 o'. Clock. Okay. And everyone's either sleeping or enjoying with their family, I got a call from Fordham University. I got a call from them saying, we're outside your door, and that's what happened. And I was like, what's going on? I wasn't sure. What was that? He said he's the public safety of the school and he wants to check up. And, yeah, I was shaking my head. I was shocked. We were completely shocked. And that's the right word. It was shocking. And what happened was, you know, not sure why without a criminal mindset. I was really good people. We saw him. He was outside, and then it was two public safety officers. And one of them came in, and what happened was he questioned me on the firearm. He questioned me, and he asked me about all of this. He said, why did I post my intentions? He was a nice gentleman, to be fair, but really, what happened was really a traumatizing moment, okay? You wouldn't expect that to happen in America. And police wouldn't even do that, not to say a private university. And, you know, I had to write a report on what happened. I had to write a report, like a police report. And I had to give him the receipt of the gun to prove everything, which was interesting. Very interesting, right? And what's more interesting is he said to me, okay, and for people who don't know about this, I was charged with threat intimidation and hate crime and bias, okay? That's the final result of it. But he told me the public safety of the school told me that I was not a threat and I was not intimidating in the meeting, okay? When he was at my house, he told me that. And he represents the school. So what does that mean for the school? They're liars, they're crooked, and that's what happened. And it's obviously beyond the gun that they were going at. It's probably some political ties to certain people that might not like what I posted. And what happened was right after he left, okay, I thought everything was fine. And then he called me, the public safety officer, he called me and he said, austin, you should take down the posts. And I said, which one? I said, the gun one or the officer one? And he said, both. I said, I have my free speech. You can't do that. Right? We have that in this country supposedly, right? And he said, yes, you do, but, you know, I'm representing a university, and we would suggest you do that. And we wouldn't want, you know, the people, you know, he saw. He saw those people are mean. Whatever, whatever. And at the time, you know, was it worth it for a Instagram post? Two Instagram posts. But, you know, that just tells you, Charlie, what they mean. It's not a concern about safety or security with the rifle, which I was completely like a fine gentleman in the picture, okay? I was smiling. You saw the picture. My hair was nice. Everything was nice, and it was great. But I thought to myself and my family, we didn't want to have trouble, okay? So we were very cordial for the whole process until now. We're fighting. But what happened was we took it down and, you know, life went on despite the traumatized and what happened. Was two days later, we got a call from the Dean of Students, Keith Eldridge, who's a real beauty and his name is everywhere now, but we really made him famous. But now we'll make him a defendant in court, okay? That's what's going to happen. And we had that. And he called me saying, austin, I'm calling you because we're gonna sanction you to a disciplinary hearing. And he said, we usually don't call people. He said, we call you because we wouldn't suggest you posting it everywhere without a heads up. Like, he was scared that I will post. If it's a good thing he's doing, he wouldn't be scared. He's guilty, okay? He was guilty from the beginning. All of them are. And, you know, at the time, I was thinking, it's so unfair, it's illegal. Why am I having a hearing for something I've posted online, not even on campus, in my backyard, and it's totally legal. And FBI didn't even come to me, okay? Or the Instagram police didn't come to me, and they came to me, okay? And what happened was we had a hearing after a few days. I have the letter. It's everywhere. And what happened was before I even spoke during the hearing, which was on zoom, and before I even spoke about my side, he was very conclusive about what they think, which is, I'm a danger, and it's not a danger on the gun, okay? I'm a danger psychologically or politically in their eyes, because I posted something commemorating and honoring what happened many years ago for democracy. I also, David Doran, who frankly, I mean, I said they're hypocrites, but really they're just evil because obviously they think that if I post that I'm a white supremacist. How does that even make sense? But that's what happened. And before all of that, he was very conclusive. And then I made a statement telling him very cordially, okay? And I said, you know, this is just my appreciation of the rights and don't tread on me does not mean I'm gonna do violent things. It's. It's hard. It's a phrase people use for. Against big government. And that's exactly what I was doing. And that's what we think. But they were acting like the big government, and they were threatened not by my gun, not by my smile. They were threatened that I was against possibly the interests that they're tied with. And, you know, what happened was I made a very long statement, and despite so he made very weird annotations, okay? He was like, you know, maybe your intentions weren't bad, but you've made an impact. Have you heard about that? Have you heard about that kind of analogy? I said, no. I said, I can't control what they think. The Constitution and the free speech codes of Fordham University protect me, and who cares about what they think? Even. So I explained myself, and despite. So I was still charged after a month of waiting, Charlie. I had to wait a month for them to come out with their stupid results, which is totally legal. Not just the results, but the hearing. It was totally legal, and it was traumatizing, okay? I'm 21 years old.
