"Dozens of anti-fascist protesters, faces wrapped in keffiyehs, pulled out microphones and noisemakers, crowding in on the people in Jesus shirts and MAGA hats lined up early to catch the final stop of Turning Point USA's fall campus tour following the assassination of its founder Charlie Kirk at a Utah Valley University event two months ago. They alternated chants: No Trump, No KKK, no fascist USA with antisemites, go home, and, Fuck your dead homie, a reference to Kirk."
"Around 5 p.m., a clash quickly broke out on Bancroft Avenue between the protesters and a man selling Kirk memorial Freedom t-shirts. The quick skirmish ended in an arrest and left the t-shirt vendor with a bloodied face. It wasn't immediately clear what set off the confrontation. I was gay until Charlie Kirk showed me the way! the vendor yelled. About a dozen Berkeley police in helmets corralled the crowd."
Dozens of anti-fascist protesters, many with faces wrapped in keffiyehs, converged on the line for Turning Point USA's Berkeley stop, chanting against Trump, fascism and Charlie Kirk. Around 5 p.m., a confrontation on Bancroft Avenue between protesters and a man selling Charlie Kirk memorial Freedom t-shirts ended in an arrest and left the vendor bloodied. The vendor yelled a pro-Kirk line while about a dozen Berkeley police in helmets corralled the crowd. UCPD officers in riot gear and private security guarded the event entrance; some officers displayed pepper-ball launchers and held zip ties. Frank Turek and Rob Schneider were billed in Kirk's place.
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