The Gateway Pundit reported that college students manning a Turning Level USA (TPUSA) desk at Illinois State College (ISU) watched as an offended man flipped their desk over and tore down flags forward of an occasion that includes Alex Stein.
WATCH: A instructor assistant at Illinois State College flipped over a @tpusastudents desk and tore down flyers selling an upcoming @alexstein99 occasion.
@jessburback @tpusastudents pic.twitter.com/ydhIfcEa24
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) October 17, 2025
The hater of free speech, 27-year-old graduate pupil Derek Lopez, was recognized as a instructing assistant(TA) on the college. Following the incident, Lopez was arrested on costs of Disorderly Conduct and Prison Harm to Property.
Illinois State College Police Division (ISUPD) shared element of the arrest on social media noting, “On October 17, 2025, after an investigation by the Illinois State College Police Division (ISUPD), 27-year-old Derek Lopez, of El Paso, IL, was arrested in Regular on costs of Disorderly Conduct and Prison Harm to Property. Lopez is a graduate pupil and instructing assistant at Illinois State College.”
“Over the past week Lopez is alleged to have disrupted two informational tabling occasions being hosted by a registered pupil group. ISUPD was contacted by the registered pupil group following the escalation resulting in an investigation, identification, and arrest. This case is pending and could also be grounds for added costs and College disciplinary motion.”
“Chief Aaron Woodruff acknowledged, “We’re dedicated to defending the First Modification rights in addition to security of everybody in our campus group. We encourage all members of our group to study extra about free speech rights and obligations at Illinois State College, together with constructive methods to reply when encountering speech they could disagree with.”
Based on The Vidette, the coed newspaper for ISU, Lopez has now been “relieved of his place.”
Graduate pupil and instructing assistant Derek Lopez was dismissed from his place as we speak following his arrest on costs of disorderly conduct and legal harm to property.
On Oct. 17, Lopez allegedly disrupted two informational tabling occasions hosted by Illinois State College’s Turning Level USA chapter.
“Whereas Illinois State College doesn’t remark particularly on personnel issues, we will verify Derek Lopez has been relieved of his duties as a graduate instructing assistant pending additional investigation,” ISU Director of Media Relations Chris Coplan mentioned.
TPUSA Illinois State College vp Matt Saner and chapter president Ben Umbdenstock spoke with Fox Information and famous the incident captured on video was the second time Lopez flipped their desk.
The primary desk flipping occurred on October 13. Every week later, Lopez approached the desk once more and repeated the violence.
Per Fox Information:
“Nobody has ever gone out of their method and … flipped our table, not solely as soon as however twice, after which gotten so dangerous the place we needed to go, you already know, speak to the college about it,” mentioned TPUSA Illinois State College vp Matt Saner.
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Umbdenstock shared that the explanation the Friday incident was recorded was as a result of they anticipated one other incident following the primary desk flipping.
“As soon as we noticed him… then I informed our rep to document ’trigger we knew one thing was gonna go down possibly,” mentioned Umbdenstock.
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