{"id":26845,"date":"2016-09-29T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26845"},"modified":"2016-09-29T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:39:36","slug":"student-arrested-wearing-gorilla-mask-handing-bananas-black-lives-matter-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26845","title":{"rendered":"Student arrested after wearing gorilla mask, handing out bananas at Black Lives Matter protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USA TODAY - Embed Player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/embed\/91265766\/?fullsite=true\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/staff\/7781\/mary-bowerman\/\" rel=\"author\">Mary Bowerman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">USA TODAY Network<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">An East Tennessee State University student was arrested Tuesday week after wearing a gorilla mask and carrying a rope during a Black Lives Matter protest on campus, according to local reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tristan Rettke was charged with civil rights intimidation following the incident, according to a Johnson City Police Department report, WCYB-TV reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier this week as students protested recent police shootings, Rettke walked amongst the crowd wearing a gorilla mask and offering protesters bananas attached to a rope, the East Tennessean, the university\u2019s newspaper, reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Grant Madison, a junior at the university, told USA TODAY he was talking with a friend when Rettke walked up behind him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHe passed by me and handed me a banana,\u201d he said. \u201cI snatched it out of his hand. I knew what he was trying to say, but I wasn\u2019t going to try to retaliate against him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Martin, who livestreamed the incident on Facebook, said the young man stood there and taunted protesters for 15-20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs younger black folks \u2026 we don\u2019t always see the same overt displays of racism our parents may have experienced or our grandparents,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me, it was the first time I\u2019ve experienced something so blatantly disrespectful and racist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">East Tennessee State University Public Safety officers eventually led Rettke, who was also carrying a burlap bag with a Confederate flag on it, away from the protesters, Martin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">University President Brian Noland said he was \u201csaddened\u201d by the incident at a press conference Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe are exceptionally proud of the students who were peacefully participating in the event and the manner in which they exercised restraint, thoughtfulness and strength in the face of inappropriate and offensive behavior,\u201d Noland said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Martin said students gathered Tuesday night to talk about the incident on campus. 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