Posted on 03/07/2011 9:30:35 PM PST by TheHawksNest
A Jewish student at the University of California at Berkeley who was attacked by a Muslim student last year has filed suit against UC Berkeley for failing to provide a safe atmosphere. In her suit, 21-year-old Jessica Felber alleges that UC Berkeley did not effectively deal with harassment and intimidation by Muslim and pro-Arab student groups, leading to “a dangerous and threatening environment.”
Felber was attacked by Husam Zakharia, leader of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group, during a rally. At the time, she was holding a sign that said “Israel Wants Peace.”
Zakharia rammed Felber with a shopping cart, causing her injury. Following the assault, she was granted a restraining order against Zakharia.
The assault could have been prevented if campus authorities had taken sufficient care to ensure students’ safety, according to the suit. Instead, UC Berkeley policies “fostered and encouraged” pro-terrorist incitement, “turned a blind eye to the perpetrators of illegal activities,” and “failed to effectively discipline the MSA [Muslim Student Association] and SJP for their pro-terrorist programs, goals and conduct; despite having ample notice that such violence was foreseeable.”
By failing to provide security to Jewish and pro-Israel students, UC Berkeley “condoned and allowed the MSA, the SJP and MSU [Muslim Student Union] to threaten, harass and intimidate Jewish students and to endanger their health and safety.”
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Definitely, imo, UC Berkeley fostered this confrontation.
They sure do. And alas, they're far from alone in that regard in academia.
Good for this young lady! Hope she really rakes them over the coals...
I graduated from UC Berkeley as a vet of WWII. We had our commie groups then and no serious confrontations. My belief is that at that time if this assult would have happened there would have been some serious confrontations. However. I don’t recall there being many muslims on campus either. Could be wrong on this as I was not into campus politics.
I graduated from UC Berkeley as a vet of WWII. We had our commie groups then and no serious confrontations. My belief is that at that time if this assult would have happened there would have been some serious confrontations. However. I don’t recall there being many muslims on campus either. Could be wrong on this as I was not into campus politics.
Good for her, agreed! I hope she takes that school’s 2012 budget home with her.
Good for her. Heck, I’ll even contribute to her defense fund.
Moslems can do whatever they want.
Just look at Omoslem.
Contributing to her defense fund is a terrific idea. If no one comes up with contact info tonight, I’ll see if I can find the info tomorrow so we can support this young lady.
It doesn’t matter if she wins millions. Things will not change.
I am the most lawsuit averse person on the planet...however, I fully support this one...sue them for the entire freakin’ endowment!!!
I prefer holding court on the street, but it’s good to see the enablers get called out.
Maybe the school can be sued out of existence?
Thank you! Yours is one on the best spoken, and spoken without hardly a word!
Where is it that says.......”It is self evident?”
I graduated from UC Berkeley in 1965. It was a $hithole then as it has always been and continues to be to this day. I would not pi$$ on it if it were on fire. It is a disgrace. “Free Speech,” “Filthy Speech,” every rotten Marxist thing you can think of, you name it, they condone it. I hope this young woman makes a bundle. I’m just saddened that we, the California taxpayers, will have to foot the bill. If you want to wretch, pull up a listing for what we pay those “administrators” and “professors” that infest the place.
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