• March 28, 2024

SJW College Administrator Drives Student to Suicide

Thomas Klocke, a student at the University of Texas at Arlington, committed suicide after college administrator Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Heather Snow robbed him of every constitutional right he has and refused to allow him to defend himself against the false charges.  There are two very different versions of what happened.

First from the gay complainant:

The accusing student…claims that in May 2016, Klocke made a comment during a class about “privilege,” and then proceeded to open his laptop and type “gays should die” into his web browser’s search bar. The accuser (who is not being named because Watchdog was unable to contact him for comment) claims he typed into his own browser search bar, “I’m gay.”

The accuser next claimed that Klocke feigned a yawn and said under his breath: “Well, then you’re a faggot.” The accuser says he told Klocke he should leave the class, to which Klocke allegedly responded: “You should consider killing yourself.”

The defendant:

Klocke also told his side of the story, claiming his accuser sat next to him that day in class and called Klocke beautiful. Klocke said he typed into his browser “Stop – I’m straight,” to which his accuser replied: “I’m gay.”

Klocke further said his accuser kept glancing at him, so he asked him to “stop.” He denied faking a yawn and said he was the one to ask his accuser to leave. His accuser began typing on his phone and laughing, which Klocke found distracting, so he moved across the room about 30 to 45 minutes into class. Klocke denied typing any slurs into his web browser.

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The accuser had a friendly relationship with Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Heather Snow who wound up acting as his advocate throughout the process. Klocke, the accused student, was never given a hearing to present his side and the Title IX coordinator was never notified as required by school policy. Instead, Associate VP Snow and associate director of academic integrity Daniel Moore got together and (allegedly) agreed to punish Klocke absent any clear evidence:

On May 24, 2016, Moore and Snow discussed the case. Snow asked if Klocke acknowledged the behavior he was accused of, to which Moore replied: “not at all.” He told Snow the students had completely different accounts of the incident in question, but did not tell Snow what Klocke’s story was.

Moore also told Snow he didn’t have enough evidence to keep Klocke out of class. Snow agreed, saying “there isn’t enough to go off of” and said Klocke should be allowed back in the class with a mutual no-contact order with his accuser. Instead, Moore said he would look for another way to keep Klocke out of the class, and Snow told him to see if the class would be offered later in the summer…

Moore sent Klocke a letter the next day, on May 25, stating that Klocke had been found responsible for harassment (even though Moore and Snow acknowledged there was no evidence to support this claim). Klocke was placed on disciplinary probation for the remainder of his time at UTA, and would have this on his disciplinary record.

A few days later, Locke committed suicide over his academic record’s destruction.  His father, who is a lawyer is suing the accuser and the college.  I hope he buries Snow and Moore in so many lawsuits that their great grandchildren will need lawyers.

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