In the summer of 2020, amidst the COVID lockdowns and Black Lives Matter protests, a white student at the University of Virginia was accused of threatening black protesters and was punished.
But the account given by the black protester who accused the student wasn’t backed up by evidence or witnesses, according to a report from Reason magazine. In fact, the university’s student judicial system apparently accepted the white girl’s version of events, yet punished her anyway.
Bryant, one of the Black Women Matter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that evening, claimed on social media that a white woman in a vehicle approached protesters and told them they would make “good speed bumps.”
“She then called the police and started crying saying we were attacking her,” Bryant claimed, according to Reason.
To support her claims, Bryant posted several videos showing an SUV reversing down a street as she and other protesters followed it. Bryant can be heard saying “It’s a Karen, it’s a Karen.” The videos don’t show the vehicle’s driver saying anything about speed bumps, Reason reported.