A group of conservative students were assaulted and had their equipment destroyed on Thursday when masked protesters attacked them before an event on a California university campus. 

Turning Point USA at UC Davis, a registered student organization, was hosting a “Prove me Wrong” event with Brandon Tatum, a guest speaker, when protesters destroyed camera gear, a tent, event signage, flipped tables, and assaulted group staff, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, wrote on X. 

“While our people were under attack, police stood aside and did nothing,” he wrote. “Our team is understandably shaken up, but they assure me they will not back down.”

The UC Davis logo with a soccer game and bike riders in the background. University of California at Davis. Davis, California. Taken February 2, 2015. (Getty Images)

No one has been arrested. 

Videos of the chaos posted online show protesters holding a large banner with “ACAB,” an acronym for “All Cops Are Bastards,” as they approached the event area. 

Kirk criticized the university, which he called the “most militant school in the country, with the largest Antifa presence.”

“When I spoke there in March of 2023, Antifa foot soldiers vandalized the school, smashed windows and fought the police,” he said. “What we have is a pattern, with no signs of improvement.”

Reacting to the news of the incident, Elon Musk wrote on X that “the left is the party of violence & hate.”

Charlie Kirk speaks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in July 2024.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

A video posted by Tatum online shows him defending himself as the protesters appeared to destroy a TPUSA tent and tables. 

“This is what mostly peaceful looks like,” he wrote. 

Kirk called for the arrest of those involved and that failing to do so will result in “radical anarchists” resorting to “more and more violence if they think doing so will stop conservatives from speaking.”

Brandon Tatum (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images)

He urged UC Davis to show its willingness to protect free speech and freedom of assembly on a public campus. 

“If they won’t, then the Trump Administration should investigate their continued receipt of federal taxpayer dollars,” he said. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to Turning Point USA.