Washington State University Instructor Arrested For Alleged Assault Of Student With Trump Hat

A Washington State University coach was arrested successful February aft he allegedly assaulted a student 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 coach astatine nan school, was stepping past Jay Sani, a student astatine nan university, conscionable earlier 11 p.m. connected Feb. 28 erstwhile he allegedly grabbed Sani’s chapeau and threw it into nan roadway, nan Pullman Police Department incident study said. 

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

Sani told officers that he was stepping to a edifice conscionable disconnected field grounds to return a nutrient bid that had been prepared incorrectly erstwhile he encountered Mahoney.

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

Sani said that erstwhile he tried to take sides himself, a 2nd man, later identified arsenic Gerald Hoff, "grabbed Sani and took him to nan ground."

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

The constabulary study stated that Mahoney later told officers that he had punched Sani successful his jaw while he was connected nan ground. Hoff said he punched Sani successful nan limb pinch a closed fist.

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

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

Pullman constabulary officers who said pinch Sani pursuing nan incident instantly began investigating. The officers quickly located some Mahoney and Hoff successful downtown Pullman.

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

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

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

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

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

Mahoney told officers that nan measurement he acted toward Sani "was nan aforesaid measurement that group travel up to him and messiness pinch him astir his governmental beliefs," nan constabulary study stated.

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

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

Mahoney and Hoff were some arrested and charged pinch 4th grade assault. The men were later released.

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

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

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Sani wrote successful a Facebook post successful March that he wanted to stock his communicative because of "how toxic nan near has gotten."

"To make it clear, I dislike to opportunity this, but i'm [sic] brown, but hide it," he wrote. "I'm an engineering student that wants to get nan degree, and move on. So what if I for illustration personification that you don't like. We person nan 1st amendment, and its [sic] not okay that conscionable because you don't for illustration that person, I should beryllium attacked for it. You had a chance successful November to oust him, but you didn't."