Students for Life of America President Kristin Hawkins' and student ambassador Isabel Brown's speaking tour concluded at the Richmond, Virginia, public university in violence as police arrested protestors and forced the speakers to leave.
"We were deeply disappointed in how campus and city police handled the incident as First Amendment rights were trampled upon and physical attacks were made due to inaction," Students for Life press strategist and staff writer Caroline Wharton told The Daily Signal. "Pro-life speech is free speech and should have been firmly defended as such, especially at a public university."
"Two people were arrested Wednesday evening after there was some disruption at an event in VCU's University Student Commons," the university told The Daily Signal. "The student organization 'Students for Life at VCU' invited a pro-life speaker to its meeting, which was open to the public and attracted about 70 people. The meeting was disrupted by the unruly conduct of some attendees, and VCU Police were called at about 5:40 p.m." READ MORE