Texas State University student Devion Canty Jr expelled after reenacting Charlie Kirk assassination sets up GoFundMe, claims he made a mistake

The Texas State University student who was expelled when he was caught mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination in front of a horrified crowd claimed he “made a mistake in the heat of the moment.”

Devion Canty Jr. pleaded for help with his education costs on GoFundMe Thursday, just days after he vilely spewed profanity at a group of mourners outside the school’s Turning Point USA chapter.

“Recently, I faced a situation where I had to choose between immediate expulsion or withdrawing from the university,” Canty Jr said on the crowdfunding page. “I made the decision to withdraw—not because I wanted to leave, but for my own safety and the well-being of the campus community.”

Canty claimed he was being targeted as an “out-of-control, disrespectful young Black man” and that he was just a “passionate student who made a mistake in the heat of the moment,” he wrote in his self-run fundraiser.

“Spit on, called racial slurs, and witnessing women being cursed at and pushed around. I spoke up, and while I recognize my actions weren’t perfect, I did not harm anyone,” Canty wrote.

Canty, who named his fundraiser “going back to txst,” was captured on video shouting at mourners on campus after Kirk was struck by a single gunshot by alleged assassin Tyler Robinson during an event at Utah Valley University.

“Charlie Kirk got hit in the neck, bitch!” the mn in the video screamed, slapping his neck and imitating the recoil of a bullet’s impact.

The ousted Bobcat student then climbed up to the base of a statue at the San Marcos campus and repeated the controversial re-enactment, dramatically slumping to the ground as if he were shot.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the immediate removal of the student from the public institution after the viral video circulated across the internet.

“Hey Texas State. This conduct is not accepted at our schools. Expel this student immediately. Mocking assassination must have consequences,” Abbott wrote on X.

School officials quickly identified the instigator in the video and announced he was removed from the student population.

“The university has identified the student in the disturbing video from Monday’s event. I will not tolerate behavior that mocks, trivializes, or promotes violence on our campuses. It is antithetical to our TXST values,” Texas State University President Kelly Damphouse said in a statement.