Higher education may have reached another turning point. As we have documented over the last few days, an event for Turning Point USA at UC-Berkeley was met with a violent mob. These were not ‘protesters and demonstrators’ as the media loves to call them.
These were people who were there to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk, keep the TPUSA event from happening, and hurt the people who showed up for the event.
The DOJ has already launched an investigation, and Berkeley has signaled its willingness to cooperate. This investigation absolutely needs to happen. Enough is enough.
This is the statement UC-Berkeley released to ABC 7 in San Francisco:
UC Berkeley condemns all violence and will hold accountable anyone who violates the law or campus regulations. The University is firmly committed to an open and robust marketplace of ideas and to maintaining a campus where people of all beliefs and perspectives can feel safe and respected.There is no place at UC Berkeley for attempts to use violence or intimidation to prevent lawful expression or chill free speech. The University is conducting a full investigation and intends to fully cooperate with and assist any federal investigations and the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force to identify the outside agitators responsible for attempting to disrupt last night’s TPUSA event.UC Berkeley will take all appropriate steps to safeguard the right of every member of our community to speak and assemble freely.Thanks to the dedication and cooperation of numerous University, state, and local police officers, the efforts to prevent last night’s event did not succeed.Instead, the TPUSA event proceeded safely and without interruption, with more than 900 participants in attendance. Several arrests were made in connection with the event by both city and university police. UC Berkeley appreciates and commends the officers and staff who helped preserve both public safety and freedom of speech on our campus. The University remains steadfast in its commitment to uphold open dialogue, respect, and the rule of law.
Empty, meaningless, words.
This violence from the left on college campuses has been going on for years because there have never been any real consequences. Charlie Kirk was shot through the throat on TV in front of his wife and children, and still nothing changed.
The violence and intimidation go in only one direction.
Point to one instance of leftists on a college campus being terrorized by conservatives. You can’t, because there are none.
The Trump administration should make an example of UC-Berkeley. Who cares if the school even ceases to exist? What will we lose? Opportunities for leftists to terrorize people peacefully exercising their constitutional rights?
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