Conservative attacked on UC Berkeley campus for protesting Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax

Published February 21, 2019 6:38pm ET



A campus conservative was assaulted by a student at the University of California, Berkeley, on Tuesday for protesting hate crime hoaxes.

According to video taken of the incident, the student threatened to shoot Hayden Williams, who was tabling with Berkeley Turning Point USA, before knocking his phone out of his hand and punching him in the face.

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