Students who invited conservative commentator Ann Coulter to speak at the University of California, Berkeley, are threatening to sue the school if it won’t make accommodations for her to speak next week.
Harmeet Dhillon, who is representing the Berkeley College Republicans, sent a letter to UC Berkeley’s interim vice chancellor and chief attorney threatening to file a lawsuit in federal court if Coulter is not allowed to speak on campus on April 27, the Associated Press reported.
“It is a sad day indeed when the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, is morphing before our eyes into the cemetery of free speech on college campuses,” the letter said.
University officials canceled Coulter’s April 27 event, citing security concerns. The university rescheduled her speech for May 2, offering an “appropriate, protectable venue.”
Coulter lashed out on Twitter, saying she couldn’t attend the rescheduled event.
“THERE ARE NO CLASSES AT BERKELEY THE WEEK OF MAY 2!!!” she tweeted.
In addition to facts: We’ve already spent $ for 4/27 Berkeley spc & I can’t do May 2…THERE ARE NO CLASSES AT BERKELEY THE WEEK OF MAY 2!!!
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 21, 2017
Coulter plans to attend the originally scheduled event anyway, putting the responsibility of protecting her on law enforcement.
Berkeley has seen several violent protests in recent months.
