Texas Tech student arrested after hurling profanities and mocking mourners at Charlie Kirk memorial

LUBBOCK, TEXAS: A Texas Tech freshman found herself in handcuffs after pulling a stunt at a vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Camryn Giselle Booker, 18, was filmed bouncing around and jeering at fellow students who had gathered to mourn Kirk. “F**k y’all, yo homie dead, he got shot in the head," she screamed.

She then zeroed in on a man wearing a red MAGA hat. The man groaned as he panned his camera toward her and declared, “Evil is real, people — and it kind of looks like that.”

When he asked why she was “being so hateful,” Booker shoved her phone in his face and shot the same question back at him. The man tried to de-escalate and told her, “I want to be left alone,” but she kept pushing.

Things got even louder after someone off-camera told her she was being “too emotional.”

“I’m not being emotional, ma’am. Don’t tell me what I am and what I’m not,” Booker snapped. “You could get out of my face ’cause I can tell you what you are, but you won’t like it.”

When accused of being aggressive, she pulled the race card, saying, “I’m not being aggressive. My voice is very calm. You’re calling me aggressive because I’m a Black woman.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott drops the hammer

Camryn Giselle Booke's meltdown ended in cuffs. Texas Governor Greg Abbott later posted an image of the 18-year-old being hauled off by police.

“This is what happened to the person who was mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Texas Tech,” Abbott wrote.

“FAFO," he added (short for "F**k around and find out").

Booker was slapped with charges of battery, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and even cited for assault, according to the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office. However, she was cut loose the next day on a $200 bond.

“She definitely picked the wrong school to taunt the death of Charlie Kirk,” Abbott said, later thanking the university.

Cody Campbell, chairman of Texas Tech’s board of regents, chimed in, “We, @TexasTech, are proud of our values and are not afraid to stand up for them. Strive for Honor Evermore! Long Live the Matadors!!”

Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead on Wednesday, September 10, while speaking at Utah Valley University. The conservative firebrand’s horrifying death was caught live on camera and shook the nation, but also sparked a wave of ugly reactions from his critics.

Fallout in New York

This incident came after a school resource officer in suburban Westchester thought it’d be okay to mock Charlie Kirk’s killing online. SRO Tanisha Blanche, assigned to Somers Intermediate School with the Westchester County Police Department, was canned after screenshots of her alleged posts made the rounds online.

“Well, that white sniper was overqualified when he put that hole in your neck hunni bunni," Blanche allegedly commented on one video of Kirk. She doubled down when people got outraged, saying, “This is who y’all crying about on my feed? Get a life.”

Another post read, “Why yall don’t have that same energy for the school shooting that took place yesterday, but yall crying over the man that was ok with gun violence….Make it make sense.” Her bosses weren’t amused. Blanche was yanked from her school post and reassigned to desk duty while the department investigates.

Somers schools superintendent Adam Bronstein told parents that Blanche's posts were “completely unacceptable” and glorified violence.

“The Westchester County Police Department has affirmed that another SRO will be assigned to our schools on Monday,” Bronstein assured families. “I am in touch directly with the police to ensure the safety and continuity of our SRO program going forward.”

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