The visit is the nonprofit organization’s first to a California college campus since the killing of cofounder Charlie Kirk.
Police arrest a person out front of the “This Is the Turning Point” campus tour event at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. UC BERKELEY – Officers arrested four people Monday night at UC Berkeley as Turning Point USA paid its first visit to a California college campus since theCalifornia Supreme Court lets stand ruling that says UC’s ban on hiring students without legal status is discriminatoryTwo people were taken into custody following a physical altercation outside Zellerbach Hall, where the “American Comeback Tour” event was held.
One person, who was wearing a red shirt emblazoned with the word “freedom,” had a bloodied face. Officers arrested a third person who was pushing on the barricade separating a crowd of protesters from the hall.The crowd, which numbered in the hundreds, expressed its opposition to the event with signs and chants, and also by hurling several glass containers filled with a blue substance. The containers sent event attendees scurrying toward the entrance to the hall. Protesters face off against police outside a “This Is the Turning Point” campus tour event at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. The event is Turning Point USA’s first at a college campus in the state since Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10. Kirk’s killing has intensified concerns about political violence and renewed debate over how universities balance security and free speech. Turning Point USA is a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote conservative values on high school and college campuses. It was co-founded by Kirk and his late mentor, Bill Montgomery, in 2012. The Bay Area News Group requested credentials to cover the event, but a last-minute discrepancy led to a reporter and photographer being barred from entering the venue. Brynn Pannier, 18, drove from Davis with friends to attend the event. She was standing near the entrance to the hall when containers started sailing through the air. “That was really scary,” she said. “I have anxiety and coming to something like this is hard for me. I just felt scared. I felt nervous. Things were being thrown you know and I lost my friends.” Security preparations for the event involved bringing in officers from neighboring agencies and across the UC system, according to UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof. Police form a line in front of protesters during the “This Is the Turning Point” campus tour event at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. “We have an unwavering commitment to supporting any and every student group who wishes to meet on campus,” he said. “It doesn’t matter their perspectives. Our responsibility is to ensure they provide the resources necessary to keep people safe.”For Cal junior and campus protest regular Anika Yadav, the size of the police presence was surprising.As attendees left the event, they were met with chants from protesters. Beyond the barricade, all that separated the attendees from the protesters was a thin wall of officers.His Antioch murder case was made famous in rap lyrics. Now Gabriel ‘Snoop’ Roberson will be freed from prisonSan Ramon struck by string of earthquakes Sunday morning3-year-old Morgan Hill boy recovering from burns after fire pit explosionAsking Eric: What’s a funny way to announce our divorce on a Christmas card?Federal agents conduct ‘knock and talk’ visits in Fremont, officials say
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