“The rest of the protestors just ambushed and cornered me before I was able to move out with the help of campus police,' former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines said.
Gaines was at the school to speak about her views opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, according to the event announcement. “I was physically assaulted by one person. I was struck twice, both times hitting my shoulder with the second strike grazing my face,” Gaines told CNN’s Natasha Chen. “The rest of the protestors just ambushed and cornered me before I was able to move out with the help of campus police.
” “Physical intimidation or violence is never an acceptable response to speech, no matter how hateful or controversial that speech may be,” said Kristen Shahverdian, PEN America’s senior manager in free expression and education. “Universities are sites of discussion, debate, and disagreement,” Shahverdian added in a statement. “What happened at SFSU makes a mockery of the principles of free speech that allow higher education to function.
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