Turning Point USA: Fights break out, multiple people arrested as event sparks protest at UC Berkeley
Multiple people were taken into custody Monday evening outside of an event at University of California, Berkeley, on the final stop of a controversial college tour for Turning Point USA, a conservative advocacy group whose founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a tour stop at a campus in Utah two months ago.
Protesters earlier Monday filled up UC Berkeley's Lower Sproul Plaza in front of the Zellerbach Auditorium, the site of the Turning Point USA event taking place later in the evening.
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A fight broke out between a Kirk supporter selling merchandise and a protester and both were taken into custody by authorities, the Kirk supporter with visible injuries.
A large police presence at the campus included Berkeley police, Alameda County sheriff's deputies and San Francisco police.
Turning Point USA is a nonprofit conservative advocacy group that has found a foothold across many college campuses. The chapter at UC Berkeley was founded in 2019. Kirk, the organization's co-founder, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
