Source: New York Post
“An Illinois State University faculty member was arrested after allegedly flipping a Turning Point USA table on campus this week, viral video shows. The accused vandal, Derek Lopez, was caught on camera speaking to a man standing near the table, which had been set up by students in the group to promote political YouTuber and comedian Alex Stein’s Oct. 20 event at the university, according to video, local police and various X posts about the ugly incident. ‘Well, you know, Jesus did it, so you know I gotta do it, right?’ Lopez, 27, of El Paso, IL (a teacher’s assistant and graduate student at the university) tells the man before the footage shows him tossing the table over, sending pins, flyers and other items rocketing into the air.” (10/18/25)