Texas State probes pro-Trump fliers calling for 'torture' of school leaders over 'diversity garbage' The fliers appear to be posted by a pro-Trump group calling themselves 'Texas State vigilantes'

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Plastered on bathroom mirrors throughout Texas State University Wednesday were fliers calling for the “arrest and torture” of “deviant university leaders spouting off all this diversity garbage.”

The fliers, which lauded the election of Donald Trump calling him “our man,” seem to have been put up by a group called “Texas State Vigilantes,” according to the handouts.

“Now that our man Trump is elected and Republicans own both the Senate and the House — time to organize tar and feather vigilante squads and go arrest and torture those deviant university leaders spouting off all this diversity garbage,” the flier reads.

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University spokesman Matt Flores said the fliers, which are being investigated as potential criminal activity, were hung up in "several" campus facilities, and have since been removed. The University Police Department is looking into who posted the fliers and why, Flores said. At this time, the case remains under investigation, and officials are unsure of any suspects.

President Denise Trauth responded to the pro-Trump fliers in an email to students, faculty and staff Thursday.

"I am aware of reports of action and expression that have occurred on campus following the recent elections in our country," Trauth said in the email obtained by mySA.com. "While we encourage individuals in our university community to openly express their thoughts, we expect them to do so with civility and in a collegial manner that reflects Texas State's core values."

She urged students to report criminal activity to campus police.

"Obviously that is criminal behavior that is being investigated by the University Police Department," Flores said.

He said the university does not “condone” the fliers, saying there was “no place for it in any of society.”

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Since Tuesday night, college campuses across the country have erupted in protest of the election of Donald Trump. In Austin, University of Texas students marched to the state's capital in protest Wednesday.

At Texas State, Flores said some students have been protesting Trump's election in the free speech zone in a central location of the university. On social media, students posted images of a silent protest, where many sat with duct tape over their mouths, holding rainbow flags, and signs that said "Black lives matter" and "Love is louder."

In another post, a man carrying a "build the wall" sign on campus is seen.

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Students took to social media, posting images of the flier and a second handout which said: "Why not just sentence all illegal messicans found inside the U.S.A. to live in tent camps on the border doing hard labor building the wall?"

A third flier said "'multiculturalism' and 'diversity' are code-words for white genocide."

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