Two former College Republican leaders at Florida International University were suspended for two years after a WhatsApp group chat containing racist, sexist, and antisemitic messages was leaked. The chat included discussion of killing Black people. FIU officials stated the university would not tolerate violence, hate, discrimination, harassment, racism, or antisemitism. After the leak, Abel Carvajal, the group chat creator, was found responsible for an affirmative act that aids, attempts, promotes, conceals, or facilitates student conduct code violations. Dariel Gonzalez, the recruitment chairman, was suspended for verbal or written abuse, threats, intimidation, or coercion that objectively endangers others, and for driving under the influence of alcohol and smoking marijuana on campus. Both were banned from campus and university-sponsored events until May 2028.
"Two former College Republican leaders at Florida International University who were involved in a group chat dubbed "Nazi Heaven" won't be allowed to step foot on campus for two years, The Miami Heraldreported Wednesday. The suspensions come two months after the Herald exposed hundreds of racist, sexist and antisemitic messages-including some discussion of killing Black people-exchanged in a WhatsApp group chat that included mostly conservative-identified students."
"Last week, FIU issued a two-year suspension to Abel Carvajal, the creator of the group chat and a third-year law student, and Dariel Gonzalez, who was the FIU College Republicans' recruitment chairman when the group chat was leaked. The university found Carvajal responsible for an "affirmative act which aids, attempts, promotes, conceals, or facilitates" violations of the student conduct code. Meanwhile, Gonzalez was suspended for violating the conduct code by making "verbal or written abuse, threats, intimidation and/or coercion that objectively endangers the health, safety or well-being of others" and for driving under the influence of alcohol and smoking marijuana on campus."
"The two students are now banned from campus and all university-sponsored events until May 2028, at which point they can reapply for admission. Even before the suspensions, Carvajal and Gonzalez sued FIU's president, arguing that the university violated their right to free speech."
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