Leandra Westbrook getting in some target practice at a shooting range.
Leandra Westbrook, a junior at Kent State University, claims she was wrongfully detained by campus police after students overheard her talking about her concealed carry license.
Westbrook, a junior studying political science, told Campus Reform that she had a phone conversation with a friend on the afternoon of April 27, during which she lamented “how it is a shame that I cannot carry a gun on campus, considering I have my carry license.”
“In the conversation I had, there was no way to misinterpret what I said, or to even suggest that I had a gun with me.”
Student cadet officers overheard Westbrook’s conversation, and then reported her to campus police at approximately 12:00 p.m., according to a copy of the police report obtained by Campus Reform.
Then, just before Westbrook was slated to take a quiz for her anatomy class, police entered the lecture hall of 200 students and she was “removed from class and searched,” according to both Westbrook and the police report.
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Though Westbrook understands that the officers were “just doing their jobs,” she maintains that that the student cadets reported her in bad faith.
“I do not believe they genuinely thought I was a threat, because I specifically said I had a license to carry,” Westbrook told Campus Reform. “In the conversation I had, there was no way to misinterpret what I said, or to even suggest that I had a gun with me.”
She noted that she “would not be surprised if the student cadet who reported me was targeting me for being pro-Second Amendment,” adding that she’s historically faced harassment and vague threats from her peers due to her conservative beliefs.
As the former Vice President of her campus’s Turning Point USA chapter and a board member of the school’s Students for Life chapter, Westbrook says she’s well-known as a conservative, and she thinks it’s possible that the cadets who reported her knew that.
After police removed her, Westbrook recalled that she “was too shaken up and disturbed to return back to class.”
Days later, she met with the school’s Dean of Students to sound the alarm about the ongoing harassment she has faced, only to be told that nothing can be done.
Now, Westbrook says she has decided to “take matters into my own hands,” declaring that “I’ll be reporting the people who harassed me to the police, as well as the student cadets who reported me for having a gun for falsifying a report, as they said that they heard me say I had a gun and was afraid to get caught with it, which is not true.”
She did, however, say that she plans to wait until final exams are over to file the report, so as not to interfere with anyone’s study schedule.
“My main concern is that people are not being held accountable for their actions,” she explained. “Their words don’t bother me, but if I was to say something like that to them, my guess is it wouldn’t be tolerated by the university.”
In addition to reporting those students, Westbrook said she also plans to start a concealed carry club at Kent State.
“My hopes are to teach people about gun safety and the gun control laws we already have in place, because a lot of people who speak on the subject are very uneducated [about gun laws],” Westbrook added.
Campus Reform reached out to Kent State University for comment, but did not receive a response despite repeated requests.
The only thing they will understand is a criminal complaint. Follow that up with a civil lawsuit.
Lawsuits, really big ones, are what will put an end to this type of stuff.
I HOPE SHE FILES A SUITE AGAINST KENT
AND EACH OF THE PIN HEADS THAT CREATED
THE PROBLEMS WANTING TO BE BIG WHEELS
WE ALL KNOW WHAT DOGS DO TO WHEELS
I’M SURPRISED THAT KENT STATE IS STILL AROUND
AFTER LETTING THE N G SHOOT AND KILL THEIR
STUDENTS… I WOULD NOT EMPLOY ANYONE FROM
KENT STATE.
I would be proud if she were my daughter.
Total crap. The madness that comes from the narcissism of the left scales ever increasing heights. The left is so threatened by anyone that doesn’t espouse their world view, that they cannot handle even a mundane conversation related to God-given and constitutionally enumerated rights. There’s a reason they’re called fucktards and fucktards they truly are. I hope she sues the living crap out of Kent State, and hopefully Kent State gets bombarded with input from sane people.
Kent State’s email is [email protected] if anyone finds that interesting in any way.
This article here presented demonstrates another good reason to not have a CCL. When you have a CCL people who shouldn’t know will be able to speculate if you are carrying a pistol and then copfucks will have probable cause to give you a hard time. If you are from the South and have a CCL the copfucks in Yankee Asshole States will know it because all they have to do is follow you and put your plate number into their little copfuck computer.
I always ask these CCL people, “Why in the hell are you telling the government that you have a gun?”
No one should ever know if you’re packing a pistol!
Solid post brother.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly, and why I still haven’t gotten my CCW.
CC,
The problem with your statement is the underlying assumption that all cops are assholes. While many are, at least in the big cities, country cops are usually different. As a matter of fact, having a CPL has on three occasions, has kept me from getting traffic citations.
Carrying a handgun without a CPL is a felony in many states and a high misdemeanor in the others.
All the people I know with CPLs are law abiding citizens. If you purchased the firearm legally, they already know you own a gun. Why give them an excuse to harass you and subject your self to the expense and possible punishment.
Please note that the key ingredient in any police state IS the police. We have all of the other necessaries except the boot on your head but they’re working on that. Also, if you buy firearms using CASH from PRIVATE individuals there are NO RECORDS. Anyone who believes that instant background checks are purged after 30 days is a fool because the NSA records ALL phone calls and they are kept FOREVER so your gun is defacto registered.
CC,
I don’t know how many guns you buy, but I buy a lot and almost 100% of the private buyers want a registered sale record for any handgun so that it gets filed showing they no longer own the weapon. The only handguns that get sold on a regular basis with no paper work are stolen ones. And while some might want to keep one around, you certainly never want to get caught carrying it.
Why risk your right to own a firearm by carrying concealed without the proper license? If convicted, you’ll never own one legally and go to prison for a second offense.
clinker,
the fbi was caught keeping the records in the late 90 s,early 2000 s,don’t remember exactly,for “audit”purposes–forget the nsa–
One thing for certain , the left is true to form . It is apparent that today’s leftist students teachers and of course administrators would be a shoe in for the Brown Shirts and the Hitler Youth . Remember the real NAZI’s were government control socialists . Sounds like they are alive and well at Kent State !
Forget Me Not
Student “cadet officers” turned her in?
Turncoats!
Along with you, I believe that the fact that the “Student Cadets” – whatever the hell that means – turned her in does not portend well, especially if those “cadets” plan on becoming officers in our armed forces.