A meeting of a pro-life student group at Virginia Commonwealth University was shut down this week when it was invaded by far left protesters using violent, Antifa-style tactics.
In the video below, you can see that the pro-life students were having a peaceful meeting until the protests began and quickly got out of control. You can also see the pro-life students pleading with security to do something about it until the event is shut down.
In an ultimate twist of injustice, the pro-life students claim they were detained while the protesters were free to leave.
FOX News reports:
Violence follows after suspected Antifa members disrupt pro-life campus event: ‘Fascists’Reported Antifa members stormed a pro-life meeting at Virginia Commonwealth University, shouting at pro-lifers and ultimately resulting in two arrests and the event getting shut down.”We will not be deterred. The Pro-Life Generation has come to expect these sort of things and we will be back to attempt what we tried to attempt this evening, a productive, peaceful conversation,” Students for Life posted in a caption on an Instagram video showing the incident, which was provided to Fox News Digital.Students for Life at VCU, an affiliate of the national pro-life organization, was set up to hold a meeting on Wednesday evening featuring discussion from the group’s president Kristan Hawkins and TPUSA contributor Isabel Brown.But the event soon became unruly and devolved into protesters chanting, “Fascists go home” and “F— pro-life,” while holding signs in support of abortion.The pro-life group is taking issue with how school police handled the matter, and asked on the group’s Instagram post: “When will law enforcement begin to take threats against pro-lifers seriously?””At first, we were taken from the room by campus and city police, and it seemed like it was for our protection, but as it went on, we realized that we were being detained and the protesters were free to go,” Hawkins told Fox News Digital of how the disruption played out.At least 12 pro-lifers were detained for more than two hours, according to Students for Life, with Hawkings adding, “Police did not walk us to our cars, and we had to walk through some of the protesters to leave.”
Watch the video:
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Journalist Andy Ngo, who specializes in covering Antifa, adds this:
This is one of the main reasons that taxpayers should never agree to fund ‘free’ college. Half of the country is treated with open hostility on college campuses.
Hat tip to Jonathan Turley:
Featured image via YouTube.
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