Iowa student flipped Turning Point USA table on campus in viral video that led to arrest: docs

An enraged University of Iowa pupil was arrested aft a Turning Point USA array was flipped connected field successful an incidental that was caught connected video.

Just arsenic the video began, a antheral identified arsenic Justin Calhoon, 19, lunged crossed the table, yanked it toward him and flipped it connected its broadside portion Turning Point materials spilled onto the pavement.

After overturning the table, Calhoon looked toward the camera and smiled.

"Yup!" helium said.

A mugshot of Justin Calhoon, charged successful transportation with flipping a Turning Point USA array connected the University of Iowa field connected Nov. 5, 2025. (Johnson County Sheriff's Office)

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A transgression ailment obtained by Fox News Digital says that the Turning Point members had offered Calhoon blistery cocoa earlier helium flipped their table.

"The incidental near the radical visibly shaken and disrupted their event," the ailment said. "They were forced to reset their array and reported feeling frazzled and intimidated, peculiarly arsenic each members contiguous were female."

He past fled the scene, but was aboriginal arrested. Turning Point announced the apprehension connected X lone hours aft the incident.

He was charged with 2 counts of disorderly conduct, fifth-degree transgression mischief and 2 counts of third-degree harassment, according to Johnson County, Iowa, jailhouse records.

The Turning Point USA array was flipped astatine the University of Iowa. (Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"All Iowa students are expected to travel the Code of Student Life, which sets standards for pupil behaviour and conduct. While the result of these investigations are considered confidential, subject is based connected the severity of the violation," a assemblage spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

"The University of Iowa is afloat committed to Free Speech, requiring First Amendment Training for each students annually and often communicating expectations for tolerating antithetic viewpoints," the spokesperson said.

The incidental was eerily reminiscent to 1 astatine Illinois State University past month, erstwhile a teaching adjunct flipped a Turning Point USA table.

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Derek Lopez, 27, was fired from his relation astatine the assemblage aft helium was caught connected camera destroying a Turning Point display.

He was charged with disorderly behaviour and transgression harm to property.

Derek Lopez was fired from his teaching adjunct relation astatine Illinois State University aft flipping a Turning Point USA array connected campus. (Credit: X/@FrontlinesTPUSA)

The national authorities had its oculus connected Lopez earlier his table-flipping incidental for alarming posts helium allegedly made connected societal media. He was arrested again past week for threatening President Donald Trump online, according to the FBI.

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According to the FBI, successful an Oct. 27 X station from the relationship @Derek200pz, Lopez said "I’m gonna termination Donald Trump, idgaf."

"He explained helium posted connected societal media astir however helium wanted to termination Nazis. He said it feels similar Nazism and Fascism is connected the rise," Lopez's apprehension affidavit says. "He stated helium doesn’t privation to termination radical but his honorable sentiment immoderate almighty radical should beryllium killed."

Derek Lopez was arrested aft flipping a TPUSA array connected the Illinois State campus. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images; Frontlines TPUSA)

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He besides bizarrely claimed online that helium killed Turning Point laminitis Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated connected Sept. 10 portion speaking astatine Utah Valley University.

"Cry harder," the remark said. "Every day, hundreds of frail small kids successful palestine [sic] die. Charlie Kirk spoke out, not to END their suffering but IN FAVOR of it. That was his escaped speech. My escaped code is this: I Derek S Lopez, killed him. I killed Charlie Kirk."