Ann Coulter’s Berkeley speech canceled

The University of California at Berkeley was girding for potentially violent protests on campus Thursday, when Coulter was expected to give a speech, potentially on Sproul Plaza, a sprawling open area on campus known for gatherings and demonstrations.

Troy Worden, president of the Berkeley College Republicans, said at an outdoor news conference that the university didn’t provide a venue.

The Berkeley College Republicans who had invited Ann Coulter to the University of California, Berkeley confirmed the group cancelled her planned speech over safety concerns.

They proposed an alternate date – rejected by Coulter – when fewer students would be on campus.

Berkeley, which fostered the Free Speech Movement, would seem to be an unlikely place to reverse course on the idea of listening to different points of view.

Berkeley is not the only American university to face protests against conservative speakers.

The fracas over Ms. Coulter has unfolded in an already fractious atmosphere.

The city of Berkeley and the university have seen “three high profile incidents of political violence in recent months”, as The Two-Way reported.

Instead, she said this: “I am definitely giving the speech”.

“This is a University, not a battlefield”, Dirks told the university community.

“Of course you can protect us. If you can do so safely, report it to police”.

“This is the best way to keep yourself and others safe”. “We do believe that protesters will still come here”, Yao said. “We wouldn’t be sitting here and this wouldn’t be a story if the student group in question had followed procedure”, Mr. Mogulof said.

The group on its Facebook page calls itself a fraternal organization aimed at “reinstating a spirit of Western chauvinism during an age of globalism and multiculturalism.” It said it supports minimal government and is also anti-political correctness, anti-racial guilt and pro-gun rights.

The lawyer pointed to a letter she sent the university’s lawyer Wednesday morning, in response to his request for where and when Coulter was planning to speak Thursday. There have been numerous arrests, thousands of dollars in property damage and injuries.

BREAKING: @AnnCoulter tells Fox News “there will be no speech” at UC Berkeley amid threats of violence. Some protesters are demanding that controversial speakers not be given a platform, while others insist that blocking them violates their right to free speech.

“Young America’s Foundation will not jeopardize the safety of its staff or students”, the group said.

‘Well that’ll show them how good he is, what a good humanitarian, by saying what a big heart he has for those Dreamers – the illegal aliens he promised to deport. “They may have won the battle, but certainly not the war”. “Sadly and unfortunately, concern for student safety seems to be in short supply in certain quarters”, he said in a statement Wednesday. “This is a long game”, she said, calling Coulter a “catalyst” for the larger issue of preserving free speech on college campuses across the country. “And we are trying to figure out as we speak how to prepare for these kinds of things, how to make sure we can honor our deep commitment to freedom of speech, freedom of expression”. They also say the lawsuit will continue.

Berkeley officials had previously cited “very specific intelligence” that Coulter and students could be endangered. “It’s resulting in a bad situation for our perception in the nation”.