Videos: Masked Antifa Thugs Assault Conservative Students at UC Davis – Police Response Will Leave You Furious!
Davis, CA – Chaos erupted at the University of California, Davis on Thursday, April 3, 2025, when masked Antifa vandals violently attacked a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) tabling event, leaving conservative students battered and their equipment destroyed—while campus police stood by and did nothing. The shocking incident, captured in a series of videos shared by TPUSA on X, has sparked outrage among conservatives and reignited debates over free speech and campus safety, with many slamming the UC Davis police for their inaction.
The “Prove Me Wrong” event, featuring former police officer Brandon Tatum, was meant to foster open dialogue but quickly descended into violence.
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Our "Prove Me Wrong" tabling event with @TheOfficerTatum at UC Davis was completely destroyed by violent protesters.
They stole the canopy, ripped down banners, smashed foam boards, and even tried to steal the iPad and laptop of a @tpusastudents field rep.
TPUSA students were… pic.twitter.com/VlBVOxX6ZU
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) April 3, 2025
Masked protesters, chanting “Antifascista! A! Anti!” as seen in a video posted by @TPUSA, tore through the setup, stealing the tent, ripping down banners, and smashing foam boards. They even attempted to snatch a TPUSA staffer’s iPad and laptop, according to the group’s initial post at 19:55 UTC. The footage shows a protester in a red shirt aggressively dismantling the setup while others hold signs reading “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards), a common Antifa slogan.
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"Antifascista! A! Anti!" chanted the protesters while violently approaching TPUSA students and staff@tpusastudents pic.twitter.com/3uA5Qp0RSb
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) April 3, 2025
The violence escalated when an Antifa member grabbed a TPUSA supporter’s sign and struck her in the head, shouting, “Get out of the way, bitch!” as captured in a clip shared at 22:24 UTC. Another video, posted at 21:18 UTC, shows the mob shoving students and flipping tables, with Tatum himself stepping in to defend the group. “Mostly peaceful,” TPUSA captioned the clip sarcastically, echoing a phrase often used to downplay leftist protests.
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Mostly peaceful. pic.twitter.com/3v1GBLwJBd
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) April 3, 2025
An Antifa member also snatched a TPUSA supporter's sign and hit her in the head.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY, B*TCH!" pic.twitter.com/SpOaHfh5WF
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) April 3, 2025
X users like @Honeybadger4547 expressed fury, writing, “Hope Trump stops any funding to that school,” while @FEsthay went further, demanding, “Arrest the police officers.”
The most infuriating detail? UC Davis police, present at the scene, did nothing to intervene as the assault unfolded. “Police officers stood by and did nothing to stop the Antifa thugs as they destroyed the TPUSA canopy and assaulted students,” TPUSA reported in their initial post. Only after the damage was done did law enforcement form a perimeter, a move conservatives on X, including @davidllamas_, called out as too little, too late: “@ucdavis police stood by and watched as students were assaulted.”
The incident has drawn comparisons to a 2023 event at UC Davis, where Antifa protesters vandalized campus property during a TPUSA event with Charlie Kirk, leading to two arrests. This time, no arrests were made, despite one reported assault, according to a university statement to KCRA. For Trump supporters, the police inaction is a glaring example of institutional bias against conservatives. “This is the reality of free speech on campus,” TPUSA wrote on X, a sentiment echoed by @charliekirk11, who called for the Trump administration to investigate UC Davis’ federal funding. With videos of the attack spreading like wildfire, conservatives are demanding accountability—and they’re not holding their breath for the left to care.
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Just like the police! Watch it happen, do nothing and prevent anyone from protecting themselves or defending themselves! Good job police you should’ve been eating a doughnut while you watched it you lazy bastards. I’m not saying all police. I’m just saying these two douche bags that watched it happen and didn’t do anything.
1st, there were more than two City of Davis cops there.
2nd, unlike a County Sheriff, City Cops operate according to the whims and the instructions of the City Mayor, Board of Stupidisers or City Council who essentially hires and fires them. As such law enforcement is at the discression of the City of Davis’s Mayor and nothing else. Virtually all City Cops in the nationoperate under the whim of those who control the city.
Any ANTIFA member should be Shot on sight.Twice if possible.
If we start chanting all cops are bastards will they then enforce the law because they damn sure not doing anything now.
Remember, this is in the state of Confusion, also known as California. The Davis Cops all work for the city at the whim of the Mayor and the five Districts that make up the Board of Stupidisers or City Council who are all liberal Democrats.
That being said, do you actually think they will allow the police to do their job when a peaceful group of conservative students are legally excercising their 1st Amendment rights while ANTIFA employs elements of fascism with violence to physically harm the students and destroying their property?