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a suspect who allegedly assaulted a conservative activist on campus last month.
Zachary Greenberg, 28, was arrested by university police about 1 p.m., after a judge issued an arrest warrant in the Feb. 19 attack on Hayden Williams, the school’s public affairs department said in a statement.
Arrest records from the sheriff’s office say Greenberg was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to cause great bodily injury.
The arrest came on the same day that officials decided to reopen the investigation, which had concluded a week earlier.
Williams, 26, who is not a student but is a field representative for the conservative group The Leadership Institute, was approached by two men who, he said, reacted with antagonism to the signs. One of them is said to have punched Williams several times. The recruitment table was knocked over and signs were ripped, according to a UC-Berkeley alert on its website. Williams told Fox News last week that his attacker also threatened to shoot him.
| A second man? I look forward to discovering his identity, and both men’s connections. Why was Mr. Greenberg on campus that day, and dressed all in black, too? |
'He took a hard punch in the face for all of us!' Trump praises conservative campus activist assaulted at UC-Berkeley, calls him up to stage as surprise CPAC guest[DailyMail] Trump called Hayden Williams up to the stage as he spoke to the cheering crowd at the conservative conference in National Harbor, Maryland on Saturday afternoon.
’Do me a favor - sue him!' Trump told Williams onstage at CPAC, as Williams gave a double thumbs-up. 'He's probably got nothing, but sue him forever. Sue the college, the university, and maybe sue the state.'
'He took a hard punch in the face for all of us, remember,' Trump continued. 'And we can never allow that to happen.'
'He's going to be a very wealthy young man. Go get 'em, Hayden,' the President concluded, shaking Williams' hand and embracing the young activist.
Williams' surprise appearance tied into Trump's announcement during the more than two hour speech that that he will soon sign an executive order 'requiring colleges and universities to support free speech.'
'If they want our dollars, and we give it to them by the billions, they have to allow ... all people to speak. And if they don't, it will be very costly,' he said.