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Screenshot of a tweet sent out from a St. John’s Univeristy student identified online as Clifford Durand.
Twitter via The Daily Mail
A student at the St. John’s University in New York sparked outrage online after threatening to smash a fellow student’s computer because of a Trump presidential campaign sticker, the Daily Mail reports.
The student in question, whom the Daily Mail says was identified online as Clifford Durand, tweeted an image out of the female student behind her laptop at around 10 a.m. with the caption “7,000 retweets and I’ll smash this bitch’s computer.” The message was in fact retweeted more 7,000 times, ultimately going viral.
In fact, the tweet garnered so much attention that the female student, who has yet to be identified, saw it and reportedly confronted Durand, who boasted about the confrontation.
According to the Daily Mail, in a now-deleeted tweet, Durand wrote “She threw her Starbucks at me and got shoved in the neck.” The confrontation reportedly started when the woman asked Durand to remove his tweet, to which he said “make me.” It is unclear if the woman threw her coffee first or if Durand pushed her first.
Durand, whose social media account has since been suspended, was immediately slammed online for the tweet.
St. John’s University did not directly address the alleged altercation but did send out tweets yesterday, acknowleging that an incident was reported, the Daily Mail notes.
“This type of behavior will not be tolerated. Public Safety is handling the situation,” the tweets read. “Safety is our top priority. Any student in violation of our Code of Conduct is subject to our conduct process.”
Read more at the Daily Mail.
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