Two conservative students groups are suing the University of California, Berkeley for cancelling a speech by conservative commentator Ann Coulter.
The groups, the Young America’s Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans, argue in a lawsuit filed in California on Monday that Berkeley placed the rights of masked protesters above those of tuition-paying conservative students.
“University officials concede that they allow the tastes and criminal actions of a masked mob to define who they allow to speak at U.C. Berkeley,” the complaint states.
Coulter was set to speak at a campus event this Thursday, but university officials last week notified the groups hosting her that the speech would be cancelled due to security concerns. The school offered to allow Coulter to appear on campus on May 2, but the student groups say in the lawsuit that the offer is not acceptable because classes are not being held next week while students prepare for finals.
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