"The Trump administration has opened a new investigation into protests at UC Berkeley this month in opposition to an event hosted by Turning Point USA, a conservative group founded by Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September. The probe by the U.S. Department of Education will review whether UC Berkeley violated the Clery Act. The federal law, enacted in 1990, requires colleges to report campus crime data and to give timely warnings of crimes that pose a threat."
"Just two months after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was brutally assassinated on a college campus, UC Berkeley allowed a protest of a Turning Point USA event on its grounds to turn unruly and violent, jeopardizing the safety of its students and staff, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement. The Department of Justice was already investigating the Nov. 10 protests, which occurred outside Zellerbach Hall on the campus' Sproul Plaza."
"Dan Mogulof, a spokesman for Berkeley, said in a statement that the campus is aware of two violent crimes that occurred on the evening of the protests, a fistfight over an attempted robbery and someone being hit by a thrown object. He added that the campus went to great lengths to provide security, including deploying police from multiple jurisdictions and hiring private security."
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation to review whether UC Berkeley violated the Clery Act after protests at a Turning Point USA campus event on Nov. 10. The Clery Act requires colleges to report campus crime data and issue timely warnings of threats. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the protest turned unruly and violent just two months after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a college campus. The Department of Justice is also investigating the Nov. 10 protests outside Zellerbach Hall on Sproul Plaza. UC Berkeley reported two violent crimes and said it deployed police from multiple jurisdictions, hired private security, closed adjoining buildings, and cordoned off part of campus.
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