'Stop Misgendering Me:' Trans UCF Student Arrested for Attacking Police in Screaming Row Over Female Pronouns

A routine call about a stolen vehicle on a Florida campus ended in pepper spray, handcuffs and a court case that only became public knowledge a year and a half later.

Bodycam footage of a University of Central Florida student's arrest in February 2025 has gone viral after being released and shared online in mid-July 2026. The footage shows a confrontation between campus police and 27-year-old that escalated after Vick, who is transgender, objected to being referred to with what she said were the wrong pronouns. The video has sparked sharply divided coverage, with some outlets casting the encounter as a student's meltdown and others arguing the framing itself misrepresents what happened.

What the Bodycam Footage Shows — and What It Doesn't

The incident took place on 5 February 2025 near the Union West area of UCF's Orlando campus, according to the released footage. An officer had arrived to investigate a reported stolen vehicle when he encountered Vick in a hallway.

The roughly eight-minute recording shows Vick shouting at the officer early in the exchange. The officer told her to lower her voice and warned that continued shouting could result in handcuffs, before radioing for backup and telling dispatch that a student appeared to be having a breakdown.

As the confrontation continued, Vick repeatedly asked the officer to use the correct pronoun, at one point appealing to a university staff member present at the scene for help de-escalating the situation. The footage shows officers eventually using pepper spray before restraining and arresting Vick.

Battery Charge and Not-Guilty Plea: Where the Case Stands

Court records tied to the incident show Vick was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Vick has pleaded not guilty to all three charges.

The case had drawn little public attention for roughly seventeen months until the bodycam footage resurfaced this month. Orange County booking records list Vick's age as 27 at the time of the video's release. UCF has not issued a public statement on the specifics of the arrest beyond what is contained in the footage and court paperwork.

Whether Vick has a scheduled court date or what stage the case has reached remains unclear from public reporting.

The Battle Over the Clip — How One Video Became Two Stories

The footage was uploaded by the YouTube channel Inside The Blue TV under a title emphasising Vick's reaction to being misgendered, and was separately shared widely on X, where it drew millions of views. Several outlets subsequently ran the story using similarly charged language describing Vick's conduct in the video.

That framing has itself become part of the story. Trans United Fund, in a commentary, stated that officers repeatedly used incorrect pronouns before force was used. This claim has not been independently verified by this publication. The piece did not dispute that Vick was pepper-sprayed and arrested, but challenged how quickly outlets characterised her behaviour without addressing the officers' conduct.

The competing narratives mean the same seven-minute clip has been used to support very different conclusions, depending on which outlet a viewer encountered first.

The case now sits with the Florida court system, where Vick's not-guilty plea means the underlying facts will likely be tested well beyond whatever any single video appears to show.