US EditionDOJ Probes UC Berkeley After Arrests at Turning Point Event
The DOJ is examining potential security failures and arrests during protests at a conservative event following the September assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA.
- During Turning Point USA's final tour stop at UC Berkeley, the DOJ Civil Rights Division announced it will investigate protests outside Zellerbach Hall on Monday.
- After Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 killing, the Nov. 10 Berkeley stop was Turning Point USA's first California event since and the tour's final college appearance.
- Outside Zellerbach Hall, videos show protesters throwing bottles, setting off flares and hurling blue containers while hundreds chanted as Berkeley city police and UC Berkeley campus police confronted them and helicopters hovered.
- Requests for comment to the DOJ and Turning Point went unanswered, with UC Berkeley saying it had received no communication from the DOJ as of November 10.
- The episode fed broader concerns that unrest at UC Berkeley highlights tensions over free speech, political polarization and campus safety nationwide, with Dhillon linking it to the 2017 Berkeley protests.
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Justice Department investigating UC Berkeley protests during Turning Point USA event
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it is investigating protests that broke out at the University of California, Berkeley, this week during an event held by Turning Point USA, the group founded by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk that caters to youth on American campuses.
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