Washington State University instructor arrested for alleged assault of student with Trump hat

A Washington State University teacher was arrested successful February aft helium allegedly assaulted a pupil wearing a reddish "Take America Back" chapeau from President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, according to a constabulary study obtained by Fox News Digital.

Patrick Mahoney, who is an teacher astatine the school, was walking past Jay Sani, a pupil astatine the university, conscionable earlier 11 p.m. connected Feb. 28 erstwhile helium allegedly grabbed Sani’s chapeau and threw it into the roadway, the Pullman Police Department incidental study said. 

Mahoney past told Sani, "Go get it, b----," according to the report. 

Sani told officers that helium was walking to a edifice conscionable disconnected field grounds to instrumentality a nutrient bid that had been prepared incorrectly erstwhile helium encountered Mahoney.

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Patrick Mahoney was reportedly an teacher and PhD pupil astatine Washington State University. (David Ryder/Getty Images, File)

Sani said that erstwhile helium tried to support himself, a 2nd man, aboriginal identified arsenic Gerald Hoff, "grabbed Sani and took him to the ground."

Sani accused Mahoney of grabbing his caput and slamming it into the ground. He besides said that helium suffered a laceration to his elbow and bruises.

The constabulary study stated that Mahoney aboriginal told officers that helium had punched Sani successful his jaw portion helium was connected the ground. Hoff said helium punched Sani successful the limb with a closed fist.

Witnesses told constabulary that they saw 1 antheral shove different antheral wearing a Trump chapeau and propulsion his nutrient into his look earlier shoving him to the ground.

Mahoney allegedly grabbed a reddish Trump hat, akin to the ones seen above, and threw it into the street. (Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images, File)

Pullman constabulary officers who spoke with Sani pursuing the incidental instantly began investigating. The officers rapidly located some Mahoney and Hoff successful downtown Pullman.

The study states that Mahoney told officers that helium saw "ol'boy," referring to Sani, walking around. 

"I've seen this guy, f------, connected field before," Mahoney told officers, without mentioning Sani by name. "I cognize he's similar f------ Right Wing dude. He's got a f------, like, Make America Great Again hat."

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"You know, you're f------ wearing that hat, you wanted idiosyncratic to f------ look astatine it, right," Mahoney told officers, according to the report.

Mahoney continued: "You wanna deterioration the hat, hey, there's gonna beryllium a terms to pay".

When Sani initially reported the alleged battle to officers, helium said that helium understood that the reddish Trump hats "incite definite feelings successful people," the study said. The serviceman responded to Sani, saying "that helium should beryllium escaped to deterioration what helium wanted."

Mahoney told officers that the mode helium acted toward Sani "was the aforesaid mode that radical travel up to him and messiness with him astir his governmental beliefs," the constabulary study stated.

When an serviceman asked Mahoney if Sani had done that earlier the altercation, Mahoney said "no."

President Donald Trump popularized the slogan and reddish hats during his 3 statesmanlike campaigns. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)

Mahoney and Hoff were some arrested and charged with 4th grade assault. The men were aboriginal released.

Mahoney is simply a WSU teacher and a PhD pupil successful the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, the Daily Evergreen reported. The outlet said that Mahoney was suspended and removed from each classes helium antecedently taught astatine the university.

The assemblage did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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Sani wrote successful a Facebook station successful March that helium wanted to stock his communicative due to the fact that of "how toxic the near has gotten."

"To marque it clear, I hatred to accidental this, but i'm [sic] brown, but hide it," helium wrote. "I'm an engineering pupil that wants to get the degree, and determination on. So what if I similar idiosyncratic that you don't like. We person the 1st amendment, and its [sic] not good that conscionable due to the fact that you don't similar that person, I should beryllium attacked for it. You had a accidental successful November to oust him, but you didn't."