Police are forced to protect conservative debater at Yale Law FREE SPEECH event from woke students shouting 'I'll fight you b*tch': Victim warns 'future of legal profession in America is in dire straits'

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Woke Yale Law students were filmed threatening two guest speakers and staff at a free speech event where a conservative guest successfully defended a Supreme Court decision of a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay wedding ceremony. 

Police were forced to escort the guest speakers from Yale Law School's free speech debate after more than 100 students intimidated the conservative panelist by yelling they would 'literally fight you, b***h' and caused a riot in the auditorium by blocking the hall's exits. 

The chaos broke out last week at the start of a panel featuring progressive Monica Miller from the American Humanist Association and Kristen Waggoner, a conservative Christian of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) nonprofit. 

The purpose of the panel was to illustrate that a liberal atheist and a conservative Christian could find common ground on free speech issues, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Both took the same side in a 2021 case involving legal remedies for First Amendment violations that was presented to the Supreme Court, but protesters were outraged by the ADF's successful Supreme Court defense of a Colorado baker who refused to make a gay wedding cake.  

Miller was harangued ahead of the event by totalitarian students claiming her very presence at the event was 'harming the flourishing of queer lives,' with Waggoner and ADF supporters hit with threats at the meeting itself. 

More than 100 students intimated a conservative panelist during Yale Law School's free speech debate last Thursday

The panel featured progressive Monica Miller (left) and conservative Christian Kristen Waggoner (right), both of whom took the same side in a 2021 case involving legal remedies for First Amendment violations that was presented to the Supreme Court

When law school professor Kate Stith introduced Waggoner, the protestors stood up and displayed signs attacking the nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, for which Waggoner works. 

Video of the incident, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, shows the students screaming profanities at Waggoner, including one who threatened they would 'literally fight you, b***h.'   

The protesters berated the speaker, chanting 'protect trans kids' and 'shame, shame' throughout the law school building after police officers escorted her and Miller out of the building.

Waggoner expressed horror at the students' behavior, alleging 'the future of the legal profession in America is in dire straits.' 

'It was disturbing to witness law students whipped into a mindless frenzy. I did not feel it was safe to get out of the room without security,' she told the newspaper. 

'Yale Law students are our future attorneys, judges, legislators, and corporate executives. We must change course and restore a culture of free speech and civil discourse at Yale and other law schools, or the future of the legal profession in America is in dire straits.' 

Miller, who during Thursday's panel characterized Waggoner's nonprofit as a 'hate group,' echoed her debate opponent's remarks, claiming the disruption was an 'ominous sign' for the legal profession. 

'As lawyers, we have to put aside our differences and talk to opposing counsel,' she told the Free Beacon. 'If you can't talk to your opponents, you can't be an effective advocate.'  

The students screamed profanities at Waggoner, including one who threatened they would 'literally fight you, b***h'

The protesters berated the speaker, chanting 'protect trans kids' and 'shame, shame' throughout the law school building after police officers escorted her and Miller out of the building

A member of the Federalist Society, which hosted the panel, said they selected Waggoner and Miller to demonstrate how a conservative Christian and a liberal atheist could were able to find common ground on issues of free speech.

'It was pretty much the most innocuous thing you could talk about,' he alleged.

However, the nearly 120 demonstrators still managed to cause havoc amid the event, violating the university's free speech policies which prohibit any protest that 'interferes with speakers' ability to be heard and of community members to listen.'

When Stith reminded the protesters of the policy, she was met with chants and raised middle fingers, to which she replied: 'Grow up.'

The students hit back, arguing that their disturbance was execution of 'free speech' and continued to scream at the panelists.

Two days after the panel, 417 students reportedly signed an open letter issuing support for 'peaceful student protesters.' The letter also claimed the protesters had been 'imperiled by the presence of police'

The letter also slammed Stith for telling the demonstrators to 'grow up' and blasted the Federalist Society for hosting an event that 'profoundly undermined our community's values of equity and inclusivity'

After the riot, Waggoner (pictured outside the Supreme Court in 2018) expressed detest for the students' behavior, alleging 'the future of the legal profession in America is in dire straits'

'I'm going to have to ask you to leave, or help you leave,' Stith responded. 

Ultimately, police were called to the auditorium to safely escort the speakers out of the building. 

Three members of the Federalist Society allege Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, contacted authorities for additional security, however the law school declined to comment on the request. 

As protesters left the event, one yelled 'F**k you, FedSoc' as others began to stomp, shout, clap, sing and pound on the hall walls. 

Students and professors claimed the protesters were so loud that they disrupted classes, exams and faculty meetings.

Two days after the panel, 417 students - equating for more than 60 percent of the law school's student body - reportedly signed an open letter issuing support for 'peaceful student protesters.'

The letter also alleged the protesters had been 'imperiled by the presence of police'. 

'The danger of police violence in this country is intensified against Black LGBTQ people, and particularly black trans people,' the letter, which was obtained by the newspaper, read. 

'Police-related trauma includes, but is certainly not limited to, physical harm. Even with all of the privilege afforded to us at YLS, the decision to allow police officers in as a response to the protest put YLS's queer student body at risk of harm.'

The letter also slammed Stith for telling the demonstrators to 'grow up' and blasted the Federalist Society for hosting an event that 'profoundly undermined our community's values of equity and inclusivity.' 

However, it remains unclear if the majority of the student body actually felt the letter reflected their personal ideals as group chats, Discord posts and emails reviewed by the Free Beacon revealed that students who hadn't signed the petition were outwardly shamed. 

'It feels wild to me that we're at this point in history and some folks are still not immediately signing a letter like this,' one student allegedly posted in a class GroupMe. 'I'm sure you realize that not signing the letter is not a neutral stance.'  

Others alleged the bullying began prior to the open letter, citing that some student activists littered the law school with flyers claiming attending the free speech panel was a bigoted act.  

'Providing a veneer of respectability is part of what allows this group to do work that attacks the very lives of LGBTQ people in the U.S. & globally,' the flyers read.

'Through your attendance you are personally complicit, along with the Federalist Society, in platforming and legitimizing this hate group.'