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It makes me sick how the institution's protection
of free speech has just failed!!!!
Law Enforcement in the past was guided by standards.
It is now ruled by politicians who refuse to take stands
on issues that the local ruling party does not like.
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https://mynorthwest.com/ktth/ktth-opinion/uw-title-ix-complaint/4045535
Rantz: UW Seattle hit with Title IX complaint for letting radicals shut
down conservative event
Feb 14, 2025, 4:55 AM | Updated: 5:40 am
Image: After Antifa agitators effectively forced UW students with
Turning Point USA to cancel their...
After Antifa agitators effectively forced UW students with Turning Point
USA to cancel their event, the school partially blamed the victims,
Rantz writes. (Image courtesy of Turning Point USA, UW and Evergreen)
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BY JASON RANTZ
AM 770 KTTH host
Officials at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle sat by as
violent Antifa radicals forced student members of the campus Turning
Point USA to cancel an event focused on women’s rights. Now the UW faces
a Title IX complaint under a Trump administration that has vowed to take
these kinds of complaints more seriously.
Olivia Krolczyk from the Riley Gaines Center was scheduled to speak to
students at an event titled, “Protect Women from Men: The Threat of the
Trans Agenda” on January 21, 2025. However, approximately 200 left-wing students and outside agitators prevented the event from taking place.
She said she was eventually “instructed by police officers to dress in a police uniform they provided in order to disguise herself” for her own safety, according to the Title IX complaint Krolczyk provided to “The
Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.
The activists, some dressed in black bloc, an all-black outfit that is
worn by Antifa to conceal their identity so that police cannot follow up
with citations or arrests, surrounded the hall where the event was
taking place. Someone pulled a fire alarm in the building. Others banged
on the windows and door of the room where the event was being held.
Others shined bright lights into the room, while another shattered a
window by throwing a noise maker through it. The interior of the hall
was vandalized with graffiti.
As the chaos was unfolding, neither UW Police nor UW security staff
intervened, and the event had to be canceled.
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What is alleged in the Title IX complaint against UW?
In her Title IX complaint, Krolczyk is alleging sex-based discrimination
by UW officials and students. She is asking the Department of Education,
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate.
Krolczyk says an official UW Instagram account labeled her
“transphobic,” while offering students counseling from a “queer counselor.” She said this “set the stage for the hostile environment
that followed.”
“As the event started, the protestors’ actions became increasingly aggressive,” the UW Title IX complaint states. “Police officers were stationed at each door, as protesters began banging on the doors,
shouting insults, and calling Ms. Krolczyk names such as ‘Nazi’ and ‘fascist.’ Ms. Krolczyk felt trapped. She was being held hostage in the room, with no safe way to exit due to the violent actions of the
protesters. The police suggested that she end the event for safety
reasons, though she insisted on waiting for the protest to calm so that
she could give her speech. Unfortunately, the violence only escalated.”
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as a toilet, as city sits by
UW tried to blame the victims for being targeted by Antifa thugs
The Title IX complaint against UW concludes by criticizing a statement
the university released the day after staff allowed harassment against
Krolczyk and conservative students.
The statement effectively blamed Krolczyk for being targeted by violent
Antifa activists and took a quote of hers out of context to imply she
was “excited” that the event was shut down. It even appeared to frame
her as more responsible than the lawbreakers who destroyed property in
order to intimidate Krolczyk into canceling the event.
“These statements were not only inaccurate but deeply insulting to her.
They belittled Ms. Krolczyk’s intent to have a peaceful and meaningful conversation about women’s rights. The University’s comments implied
that Ms. Krolczyk was somehow to blame for the violence and disruption,
instead of condemning the actions of those who actively engaged in a
hostile environment to Ms. Krolczyk,” the Title IX complaint against UW explains.
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Whether it’s a Title IX complaint or something else, UW should be held accountable
UW is not unique in campus faculty are far-left. They often express
little to no concern for radicals who break laws or student policies
when it’s for a left-wing cause. They do not involve themselves in any meaningful way until they see no other option.
This campus is also particularly hostile to conservatives. In the past,
the administration has not been shy about criticizing political points
that conservative students make while asserting its own progressive
identity. And given the UW administration’s hostility towards Jews by embracing antisemitic student activism, it’s about time that the campus
faces serious investigation for its misconduct.
“It is critical that educational institutions foster an environment
where all students and invited guests can freely express their views
without fear of retaliation or censorship,” Krolczyk explained in a
statement to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “The University of Washington’s treatment of my views and failure to support free speech, particularly on the topic of protecting women’s sports, is an
infringement on my rights. I filed this complaint to ensure that the
University upholds its responsibility to protect free speech for all
speakers, regardless of their views or the controversy of the topics
they raise. I would like to encourage students and speakers to begin
taking action when these situations arise, otherwise, they’ll continue
to snowball and nothing will change.”
Activist administrators will never truly change unless you force them
to. The only way they will feel forced is if their jobs are on the line.
An investigation that brings disrepute to the school and threatens
federal financial assistance may be just enough to change the
anti-conservative culture at the UW, making the Title IX complaint long overdue.
UW spokesperson weighs in
A UW spokesperson provided the following statement:
We have not, to my knowledge, received formal notice of a complaint
having been filed and therefore cannot comment on any specifics about
one. We would, of course, cooperate with any investigation and provide
factual information and responses.
Protesters were present and disruptive on January 21. However, UW police
and third-party security were on hand, inside and outside the building.
UWPD controlled access into the building and to the event space. The
majority of protestors stayed outside the building. Unfortunately, a
fire alarm was pulled approximately one hour before the event’s
advertised start time and protestors broke one window and dropped at
least one “personal noisemaker” device inside in an attempt to disrupt
the event. The speaker — after a phone conversation with someone she
referred to as her manager or tour promoter — made the decision to
cancel the event. At no point did police suggest or imply that the event
could not go on safely. UW police officers — who were wearing standard uniforms, not “riot gear,” as has been reported elsewhere — helped coordinate her exit from the room and the building. At the end of that
week, the speaker sent UW police a gift cake to thank them for keeping
her safe. Ethics standards prohibit police from accepting such gifts and
the cake was shared with Tent City 3.
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