Overview

University of Washington Psych 210 Class Confronting Nazi Video refers to a series of viral public freakout videos showing a Psych 210 class at the University of Washington (UW), run by Professor Nicole McNichols, all confronting a male individual in a blue shirt who interrupted their class to perform what appeared to be a Nazi "Sieg Heil" salute. He also allegedly called the students slurs, according to those there. The videos showed the class following the kid through the halls and out to the quad, where they and the blonde female professor circled him until campus security personnel took him into custody. At one point, the kid tripped and fell on the ground. He was also recording the whole incident, and his perspective was shared on the TikTok account @sam.p1919. The videos went viral on TikTok and Twitter / X in early October 2025. The first video was originally posted to the UW 2029 Snapchat group and was then reposted to Reddit on the University of Washington subreddit /r/udub.

Background

On October 1st, 2025, Redditor FireFright8142 shared a video to the /r/udub^[1] subreddit for the University of Washington (UW). The video was a screen-recording of a group Snapchat story for the university's Class of 2029. In the first clip, a male student in a blue shirt is seen interrupting a Psych 210 lecture from Professor Nicole McNichols. The student appears to make Nazi gestures like a "Sieg Heil" salute. Students from the class then get up and confront the student as he flees the room.

In the next clip, the male student is seen being followed through one of the campus's quads with Professor McNichols in front. She's then seen giving the male student the middle finger.

In another clip, the male student is on the ground and surrounded by a large group of students from the class.

Over two days, the original Reddit post received over 106,000 upvotes.

On October 2nd, TikToker^[2] @sam.p1919 shared a video from the male individual's perspective. It's unclear if the TikToker is the one who filmed the video or not, as the video's description reads, "Deleted original this is a repost." The video received over 5,500 likes in a day. It was also reposted by X^[3] user @BrodyFoxx.

Also on October 2nd, 2025, the Seattle Times^[4] shared an article on the incident, written by Dahlia Bazzaz. According to the report, the student interrupted a 400-person human sexuality lecture. Security personnel took the student into custody shortly after he tripped in the video. Professor McNichols declined to comment on the story. The Seattle Times also reported that the disruptor was not a student at UW and that legal charges against him were pending.

Online Reactions

On October 1st, 2025, the original clip from /r/udub was reposted to the /r/PublicFreakout^[8] subreddit, receiving over 2,000 upvotes and 150 comments in two days.

On October 2nd, 2025, TikToker^[5] @siillyblueberry shared one of the videos of the confrontation, adding the caption, "300 Psych 210 students at UW vs. 1 n*zi, I wonder who won." The video received over 175,700 likes in a day.

That same day, X^[6] user @BrodyFoxx tweeted the original video from Reddit, writing, "This dude storms into a college class to throw up Nazi salutes, shouting HH and calling them all slurs. The entire class proceeded to chase him down 💀," gaining over 81,000 likes in a day.

This dude storms into a college class to throw up Nazi salutes, shouting HH and calling them all slurs. The entire class proceeded to chase him down 💀 pic.twitter.com/pnveEbe5AC

— Brody Foxx (@BrodyFoxx) October 2, 2025

On October 2nd, 2025, X^[7] user @brandob3r quote-tweeted the abovementioned post, writing, "Groyper Nazi immediately realizing 4chan is not real life 😭😭😭," gaining over 134,000 likes in a day.

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