UC-Berkeley sued for failing to intervene in violent riots

By Campus ReformJanuary 17, 2018

The lawsuit accuses campus police of "deliberate indifference to the plaintiffs' safety," saying officers permitted "hordes of violent rioters to swarm the university campus in a violent rage."

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Four California residents recently sued the University of California, Berkeley and the surrounding city for failing to protect them during the Milo Yiannopoulos riots last year. According to the lawsuit, filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by FreedomX law group, the University of California Police Department (UCPD) was “responsible for creating and exposing the plaintiffs to the unlawful actions of an angry mob of violent anarchists,” causing all four to sustain various injuries. -- More...

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