Student Sues University Because She Blocked Traffic and Got Hit by Car During Anti-Trump Protest
Protesters in opposition to President Donald Trump have done some pretty wild things over the last couple of years, and blocking streets and freeways is just one of them.
Now, a University of California San Diego student who was hit by a car when a group of angry students flooded Interstate 5 near the campus is blaming the university for her injuries.
According to the UCSD student newspaper, The Guardian, the lawsuit stated the then-19-year-old believed the university should have stopped the protest:
"The protest continued all over campus for hours and was never stopped, controlled, or refrained by the County of San Diego, City of San Diego, State of California, University of California Regents or the University of California, San Diego."
The student’s attorney also alleges that the protest was endorsed by the university, and as such, was liable for what happened. The Guardian reported:
"The complaint additionally claims that UCSD is liable for Flores’ injuries because it allowed the protesters to enter the freeway and failed to warn Flores that there was no one providing security for the demonstrators along the freeway even though campus police officers were present during the protests on campus and shut down the surrounding streets."
Protesters in opposition to President Donald Trump have done some pretty wild things over the last couple of years, and blocking streets and freeways is just one of them.
Now, a University of California San Diego student who was hit by a car when a group of angry students flooded Interstate 5 near the campus is blaming the university for her injuries.
According to the UCSD student newspaper, The Guardian, the lawsuit stated the then-19-year-old believed the university should have stopped the protest:
"The protest continued all over campus for hours and was never stopped, controlled, or refrained by the County of San Diego, City of San Diego, State of California, University of California Regents or the University of California, San Diego."
The student’s attorney also alleges that the protest was endorsed by the university, and as such, was liable for what happened. The Guardian reported:
"The complaint additionally claims that UCSD is liable for Flores’ injuries because it allowed the protesters to enter the freeway and failed to warn Flores that there was no one providing security for the demonstrators along the freeway even though campus police officers were present during the protests on campus and shut down the surrounding streets."
