On Thursday, a group of conservative students faced violence, and their equipment was vandalized by masked protesters before an event on a California university campus. 

Turning Point USA at UC Davis, a recognized student organization, was hosting a “Prove me Wrong” event featuring guest speaker Brandon Tatum when protesters damaged camera equipment, a tent, event signs, overturned tables, and assaulted group members, according to a post by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on X. 

“As our people were attacked, the police remained inactive,” he wrote. “Our team is understandably upset, yet they assure me they will not retreat.”

The UC Davis logo with a soccer game and bike riders in the background. University of California at Davis. Davis, California. Taken February 2, 2015. (Getty Images)

No one has been arrested. 

Videos of the chaos posted online show protesters holding a large banner with “ACAB,” an acronym for “All Cops Are Bastards,” as they approached the event area. 

Kirk criticized the university, which he called the “most militant school in the country, with the largest Antifa presence.”

“When I spoke there in March of 2023, Antifa foot soldiers vandalized the school, smashed windows and fought the police,” he said. “What we have is a pattern, with no signs of improvement.”

Reacting to the news of the incident, Elon Musk wrote on X that “the left is the party of violence & hate.”

Charlie Kirk speaks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in July 2024.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

A video posted by Tatum online shows him defending himself as the protesters appeared to destroy a TPUSA tent and tables. 

“This is what mostly peaceful looks like,” he wrote. 

Kirk called for the arrest of those involved and that failing to do so will result in “radical anarchists” resorting to “more and more violence if they think doing so will stop conservatives from speaking.”

Brandon Tatum (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images)

He urged UC Davis to show its willingness to protect free speech and freedom of assembly on a public campus. 

“If they won’t, then the Trump Administration should investigate their continued receipt of federal taxpayer dollars,” he said. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to Turning Point USA.