UC Berkeley chaos outside Turning Point gathering ends in multiple arrests as conservative event runs smoothly

At slightest 8 radical were arrested Monday successful narration to a Turning Point USA lawsuit held connected the field of the University of California, Berkeley.

Four of the arrestees were students astatine the university, according to The Daily Californian, which omitted the suspects' names from its report. They were described arsenic females betwixt the ages of 20 and 22. Each was reportedly charged with felony vandalism.

Santa Rita County Jail records amusement 4 women who acceptable that statement were arrested connected Monday. Fox News Digital is awaiting confirmation of their identities from authorities, but UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Dan Mogulof confirmed the arrests. 

Mogulof told Fox News Digital that they were arrested aboriginal Monday greeting overnight. 

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According to the report, they were arrested portion attempting to bent a "five-foot-tall cardboard bug" from Sather Gate, which is simply a humanities landmark connected UC Berkeley's campus, successful protestation of the event. 

In California, causing much than $400 successful spot harm constitutes felony vandalism.

The Turning Point lawsuit featured histrion Rob Schneider and writer Frank Turek, a Christian mentor of the organization's precocious laminitis Charlie Kirk. Left-wing agitators swarmed Zellerbach Hall wherever the event, which was the past halt connected the "This is the Turning Point" tour, was held.

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At astir 4:30 p.m. section time, a brawl broke retired disconnected field betwixt a antheral who appeared to enactment Turning Point, and a rival agitator.

The Berkeley Police Department told Fox News Digital connected Monday nighttime that astatine slightest 2 radical had been arrested arsenic of 6 p.m. section time.

"I bash not person the circumstantial details of what the arrests were for," the constabulary spokesperson said. "At this point, I tin stock that 1 of the parties was arrested for battery."

Mogulof besides confirmed the 2 arrests stemming from the melee. 

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Mogulof besides told Fox News Digital that 2 much radical were arrested for alleged nonviolent offenses, though it is unclear whether they are students astatine the school. 

"As acold arsenic I cognize preliminarily, determination was nary unit involved," helium said. "They were radical who were refusing to travel the orders of constabulary successful presumption of moving distant from a barricade oregon not blocking an entrance." 

Kirk was assassinated portion speaking astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, sparking an detonation of involvement successful Turning Point among precocious schoolhouse and assemblage students nationwide.

In response, Kirk and Turning Point's detractors person viciously opposed the group, and often mocked Kirk's death. 

Fox News' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.