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Viral bodycam video shows transgender University of Central Florida student Jarrett Vick being pepper-sprayed, tased and arrested after a confrontation with campus police escalated when the student accused an officer of misgendering.<\/p>\n

The Feb. 5, 2025, footage shows the blue-haired student shouting at an officer inside a campus building after police reportedly responded to a disturbance. A UCF Police Department spokesperson said officers had responded to reports that a student was involved in a verbal altercation with several juveniles and became combative with officers when they arrived, according to Storyful.<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s the problem?” the officer asks at the start of the video.<\/p>\n

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“Why do you let those kids get away with this? They are not supposed to be here,” the student responds, according to the footage.<\/p>\n

The officer then warns the student to calm down or face being placed in handcuffs and taken to a Baker Act facility, which is reserved for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. “F–ing try it!” the student yells back.<\/p>\n

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New Viral bodycam footage from last year shows trans college student melting down over a campus police officer using wrong pronouns.<\/span> (University of Central Florida Police Department \/ Storyful)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The officer can later be heard calling for another unit. “Can we get another unit\u2026 he is having a breakdown.”<\/p>\n

The student immediately objected to the officer\u2019s pronoun use. “She! She! Just say the right pronoun!” the student screamed.<\/p>\n

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The pronoun dispute continued even as officers tried to put the student in handcuffs. At one point, an officer warned, “I\u2019m gonna spray him,” referring to his pepper-spray, before the student became enraged. “Don’t say him!” the student yelled at the officers.<\/p>\n

“OK, her. I’m going to spray her,” the officer said as he scuffled with the student with handcuffs in hand.<\/p>\n

“Thank you,” the student said while allegedly continuing to resist arrest.<\/p>\n

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As the officer had his pepper-spray deployed, and was calling for Vick to calm down, the student began pleading for help from a nearby university administrator.<\/p>\n

“Stop! Josh, please!” the student could be heard yelling in the footage as cops tried to wrestle Vick to the ground.<\/p>\n

“Can you please just tell them to use the right pronouns?” the student also requested of the administrator amid the altercation. “Please, you know it\u2019s causing me a lot of distress.”<\/p>\n

As police tried to take the student into custody, the video showed the student resisting orders to get on the ground.<\/p>\n

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Vick was eventually tased and handcuffed before being placed in a patrol vehicle. In the aftermath, one officer can be heard saying the out-of-control student threw a closed fist, grabbed an officer\u2019s microphone and kicked an officer during the struggle.<\/p>\n

The student was arrested and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer with violence, according to a UCF Police Department spokesperson cited by Storyful. Vick pleaded not guilty to the charges, and Orange County records listed the cases as closed, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n

The UCF spokesperson told Storyful that the student was enrolled at the university in spring 2025 but is not a current student and did not graduate from the school.<\/p>\n

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Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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