Conservative gun-rights activist breaks UCF COVID-19 policy, student protesters assaulted

A visit to the UCF campus by conservative internet personality and gun rights activist Kaitlin Bennett turned into a full-blown student protest event on Thursday morning.

Bennett is best known for going viral in 2018 by posing with an AR-10 rifle at her college campus in her graduation pictures. The Kent State University grad then gained more internet popularity in 2019 when photos and rumors of her having shat herself while intoxicated at a frat party started circulating. She is also known for anti-Semitic tweets, as well as publicly making trans- and homophobic comments.

During an impromptu demonstration, a loud majority of UCF students made it clear that they did not want Bennett on campus, but not for the reasons one might think. Students were furious that Bennett was not complying with the school’s strict face-covering policy.

“I’m 100 percent OK with free speech, what I’m not OK with is the fact that she can come on to campus and totally disregard the mask policy when we all have to abide by it, or we can’t even be on campus,” said Brooke Scarry, 21, a UCF student majoring in visual arts and emerging media management who took time to show up and protest Bennett.

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