“student appearing to try to defend himself as the man comes at him, batting at his face and phone”

Hayden Williams, a student at UC Berkeley, was helping the conservative group Turning Point USA when he was attacked and punched in the face in broad daylight. It was all captured on camera.

Will the media give this story one percent of the attention they devoted to Jussie Smollett?

Graham Piro of The College Fix has details:

VIDEO: Conservative student punched in face over ‘This is MAGA Country’ poster at UC Berkeley A student activist for the conservative campus group Turning Point USA was verbally and physically assaulted on UC Berkeley’s campus by an individual who apparently became enraged by his “Hate crime hoaxes hurt real victims” and “This is MAGA Country” posters. Roughly 60 seconds of video obtained Thursday by The College Fix shows one angry man saying “you are fucking encouraging violence.” Another man comes up and calls him a “racist motherfucker” and tells the student he would “shoot his ass.” They tussled for a bit, with the student appearing to try to defend himself as the man comes at him, batting at his face and phone. He then punched the student in the face with a haymaker and calls him “fucking cunt” as he walks away. The university sent an email to the campus community notifying them of the attack and asking for information to help in identifying the perpetrator. There is no clear evidence at this time that the attacker is a UC Berkeley student, although he was wearing a backpack and appears college-aged.

Here’s the video. Strong language warning:

Fox News reported that university employee Yuvi Panda celebrated the assault. He thanked the apparent attacker, who has yet to be identified, for punching conservative activist Hayden Williams and “not letting it go unchallenged.” He also said that he hopes the attacker won’t get into too much trouble. His Twitter account is now protected.

Williams spoke about the incident on Hannity:

Williams says he “absolutely” has evidence and eyewitnesses that he did not provoke the alleged attacker. Williams began to record the confrontation but says the alleged attacker knocked his phone from his hand. However, a bystander recorded video of the incident. The man in the video can be heard shouting profanities at Williams and at one point threatens to shoot him. “I feared for my own safety so I started to record at that moment,” Williams told Hannity. “That shot was a cheap shot, especially in the end,” Hannity told Williams.

Reactions

Charlie Kirk, the president and founder of TPUSA posted the following message on Twitter:

LEFTIST VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS While recruiting for our @TPUSA group at UC Berkeley a leftist thug comes & assaults our activists punching him in the face & hitting him repeatedly Imagine if the attacker was wearing MAGA hat, would be national news! This is the violent left! RT! pic.twitter.com/7RjbCPUcDf — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 21, 2019

Benny Johnson, who recently joined TPUSA posted this appeal to help identify the alleged attacker:

The injured student in the above photo is Hayden Williams. He is a conservative student who was targeted and beaten by a vicious leftist on the UC Berkeley campus. He was hospitalized by the attack and sustained massive injuries. HELP US FIND HIS ATTACKER PLEASE pic.twitter.com/2zFNuNyfsA — Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 21, 2019

Brad Devlin, former president of the College Republicans at Berkeley posted more:

.@UCBerkeley and Chancellor Christ just sent out a message via email to the Berkeley community condemning the attack on the conservative activist. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen! Let’s find this guy! pic.twitter.com/okHbLrX2C7 — Brad Devlin (@bradleydevlin) February 21, 2019

My friend, Hayden, wants to thank all of you for the love and support. He’s giving you a wink, and wanted to let you know you’ll be hearing from him soon! pic.twitter.com/6kPmFZgQgz — Brad Devlin (@bradleydevlin) February 21, 2019

I am calling on the campus administration, as well as all faculty members and administrators committed to ensuring students’ physical safety to further condemn these violent acts in letters and announcements to the entire Berkeley community. — Brad Devlin (@bradleydevlin) February 21, 2019

Why, you may ask, is this the right thing to do in this situation? Because now we have this perfect image of the perpetrator’s face! If you know who this man is, PLEASE DM ME! pic.twitter.com/r90A8ozcfS — Brad Devlin (@bradleydevlin) February 21, 2019

Here is the altercation from my friends perspective. Conservative activists, take note. This is exactly the right thing to do, and I am so proud of him for recognizing the situation and not retaliating with violence. pic.twitter.com/QEuJWEQtz8 — Brad Devlin (@bradleydevlin) February 21, 2019

According to Gwendolyn Wu of the San Francisco Chronicle, the police are already involved:

UC Berkeley attack: Police hunt for man who assaulted conservative In a stark video showing what appeared to be an assault, a man was shoved and punched in the face at UC Berkeley this week while advertising for a conservative cause at a table on the main campus plaza, police said Wednedsay. The battery was reported at 3:29 p.m. on Tuesday to campus police, who found the victim suffering from facial injuries. Two men had approached the victim, identified Thursday as Hayden Williams, who had been advertising at a table in the plaza for conservative group Turning Point USA, and began arguing with him, according to police. The victim started filming the encounter.

This will be ignored by many of the same people who fell all over themselves to show support for Jussie Smollett and unfortunately, no lessons will be learned.

Featured image via YouTube.



