A campus disturbance call at the University of Central Florida turned into a screaming confrontation over pronouns, pepper spray and an arrest, newly released bodycam footage shows.
The Feb. 5, 2025, video shows police inside a UCF building after officers were called to reports that a student had been in a verbal altercation with several juveniles.
UCF Police later described the student as combative when officers arrived.
The student, later identified as Jarrett Vick, appears in the footage with blue hair while yelling about the police presence in the building.
The first officer on the video tried to get a basic answer. “What’s the problem?” the officer asked.
Inside the Blue TV obtained footage showing Vick shout back at police.
“Why do you let those pigs get away with this?” Vick screamed. “They are not supposed to be here.”
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The officer almost immediately warned that the yelling could end with handcuffs and a trip to a Baker Act mental health facility, referring to Florida’s involuntary mental health law.
“If you don’t lower your voice, I am going to put handcuffs on you, and I am going to take you to a Baker Act facility,” the officer told Vick.
Vick answered with a dare. “F*cking try it,” the student replied.
When the officer asked whether Vick was threatening him, Vick flipped the accusation back. “You are threatening me!” Vick responded.
The pronoun fight began after the officer radioed for another unit and described what he was seeing.
“He is having a breakdown,” the officer told dispatch.
Vick immediately objected. “She! She! Just say the right pronoun!” Vick screamed.
With pepper spray out, the officer tried to get Vick on the ground as the student moved toward the school’s mail room door and started recording on a phone.
The next flare-up came over the officer’s warning about the spray. “I’m gonna spray him,” the officer cautioned.
Vick’s anger snapped back to the pronoun. “Don’t say him!” the student yelled.
During the handcuff struggle, the officer corrected himself. “OK, her. I’m going to spray her,” the officer said.
“Thank you,” Vick answered, while allegedly continuing to resist arrest.
The situation grew louder as the pepper spray stayed pointed in Vick’s direction.
“Please! Please! Just stop pointing that pepper spray at me. I will calm down if you do that! Stop threatening me!” Vick screamed.
A university administrator stepped into the room, but the officer remained Vick’s target. “F*CK YOU, F*CK YOU, COP.” Vick shrieked.
When the administrator asked whether Vick could leave, the officer shut it down.
“It’s too late now. He needs to be taken,” the officer stated.
Vick stomped a foot and again shouted about being misgendered. “She! She!!” the student screamed.
Vick then appealed to the administrator to get the officers to use different pronouns.
“Can you please just tell them to use the right pronouns?” Vick asked. “Please, you know it’s causing me a lot of distress.”
The struggle escalated after a second officer arrived and Vick moved behind a keycard barrier.
Police eventually got one cuff on Vick, but the arrest fight continued with a hit, an alleged grab for an officer’s microphone and a kick before the first officer swept Vick off both feet.
Vick was finally subdued and taken into custody. As officers escorted Vick out of the building, the student blamed them for escalating the confrontation.
“I hate you all. I hate you. You escalated this. You didn’t have to pull out the pepper spray. You didn’t have to misgender me. You knew my buttons and you set them off,” Vick said.
Vick later pushed back in comments to the New York Post, accusing police of harassment and blaming officers for the bad publicity.
The student said Vick was being “f*cking harassed by the cops.”
The New York Post obtained court documents showing Vick faced charges of battery on law enforcement, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Vick entered not guilty pleas to all three charges. The case now appears closed for an unknown reason, though the last listed court appearance was Jan. 16.
In Ohio, a separate amusement-park case involving a transgender-identifying person began with an alleged public humiliation at Cedar Point.
The May 26 incident at the Sandusky park ended with 18-year-old Marquez Williams banned for life from all Six Flags properties.
The victim believed Williams targeted the victim “strictly” because the victim identified as transgender, police said.
Sandusky Police accused Williams of walking up from behind and pulling down the person’s skirt and underwear, exposing the victim to bystanders, including children.
Witnesses also described Williams recording the incident and laughing before running off. A friend of the victim chased Williams into the parking lot.
Officers later used a stun gun and other “reasonable force” after Williams allegedly ignored commands.
The teen was treated at a hospital for injuries sustained during the arrest.
The charge list changed after the initial arrest. Williams first faced four misdemeanor counts involving resisting arrest, public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct and obstructing official business, but officials later dropped the indecency count and added a theft charge.
Williams posted 10% of his $8,000 bond and was released that evening, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
He later pleaded not guilty. The judge ordered Williams to stay away from the victim and all Six Flags properties.
