On Monday afternoon, tensions flared near the University of California, Berkeley, leading to a violent altercation just hours before a Turning Point USA event was set to take place. The event, featuring Dr. Frank Turek and comedian Rob Schneider, is the finale of the “This Is The Turning Point” tour.
This gathering comes on the heels of a tragic incident two months prior, where TPUSA’s founder, Charlie Kirk, was tragically killed during an event at a Utah campus on September 10.
The fight broke out around 4:30 PM PST, with two men seen aggressively engaged in conflict, one of them bleeding profusely from facial injuries. The scene quickly drew a crowd, with many onlookers wearing keffiyehs and brandishing signs that bore left-wing slogans.
Video footage captured by Fox News Digital reveals the escalating chaos, as a group of agitators surrounded the combatants, further heightening the already charged atmosphere. This incident underscores the heightened tensions surrounding political events at college campuses today.
A bloody fight erupted Monday afternoon near UC Berkeley just before a Turning Point USA event. (Elizabeth Heckman/Fox News Digital)
Video taken by Fox News Digital also shows a crowd of agitators gathering around the fight. Many demonstrators wore keffiyehs and carried signs with left-wing messages.
Local police had difficulty containing the agitators and were seen putting on shield masks and gathering batons.
Demonstrators wearing keffiyehs and carrying anti-TPUSA and anti-Charlie Kirk signs surrounded a violent altercation before the Turning Point USA event. (Elizabeth Heckman/Fox News Digital)
It is unknown how many participants were arrested or injured.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Berkeley Police Department for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
A spokesperson for UC Berkeley told Fox News Digital that the altercation did not take place on campus grounds, and did not elaborate further.
Dr. Frank Turek, a mentor of Kirk’s, spoke with Fox News Digital last week about the upcoming Berkeley event.
During the interview, Turek said that he told Kirk that the UC Berkeley stop was the one he wanted to attend.
“If I could go to any one event with him, it would be that one,” the Christian author said.
“I wanted to go to UC Berkeley because it is so progressive and liberal in their views, and I wanted to provide evidence that Christianity was indeed true.”
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