{"id":12607,"date":"2016-09-29T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T05:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=12607"},"modified":"2016-09-29T06:02:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T06:02:58","slug":"student-arrested-for-wearing-gorilla-mask-to-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/student-arrested-for-wearing-gorilla-mask-to-protest.html","title":{"rendered":"Student arrested for wearing gorilla mask to protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Student arrested for wearing gorilla mask to protest<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Student arrested for wearing gorilla mask to protest<\/strong> : JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) &#8211; A student at East Tennessee State University has been arrested for disrupting a Black Lives Matter event on campus wearing a gorilla mask, carrying around a rope and trying to hand out bananas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Media outlets report (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2d5FYBy ) that Tristan Rettke was charged with one count of civil rights intimidation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Witnesses took photos and video of the man walking up to demonstrators carrying a burlap sack that had a marijuana leaf and a Confederate battle flag printed on it. Rettke told police that we went to the event to provoke protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The university in a statement expressed outrage at Rettke\u2019s conduct and commended students for exercising restraint in the face of offensive behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Copyright \u00a9 2016 The Washington Times, LLC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Source<\/strong> : http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/sep\/28\/student-arrested-for-wearing-gorilla-mask-to-prote\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/student-arrested-for-wearing-gorilla-mask-to-protest.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student arrested for wearing gorilla mask to protest Student arrested for wearing gorilla mask to protest : JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. 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