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Tomlian Charged After UT Tyler Assault
Ciro Stephen Tomlian, 19, of Jacksonville, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault causing bodily injury after a Turning Point USA event at UT Tyler. He was still in the Smith County Jail on Wednesday.
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Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon turns on whether the cane was used as a weapon and whether anyone was hurt. Pulling a flag down is not an element of those counts. The video is the exhibit, and the state still has to prove each count.
Ciro Stephen Tomlian, 19, of Jacksonville, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault causing bodily injury. He was booked into the Smith County Jail on Tuesday and was still there Wednesday.
The arrest happened at a Turning Point USA event on the University of Texas at Tyler campus. Video from the event shows him pulling an American flag down from a tent and swinging a cane. Campus police arrested him at the scene. The university said three people were assaulted. Tomlian is a former student and is not currently enrolled. The school issued a criminal trespass warning that bars him from campus.
U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran said the First Amendment protects speech and protest and does not protect assault.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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