organizations noted that the fighting demonstrated an increasing use of violence between members of both the far right and the far left. On June 6, 2017, Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit on the behalf of Robles, who alleges the university and others violated her First Amendment rights when she was attacked with pepper spray while being interviewed. In July 2017, Robles voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit. After the August events, Jesse Arreguin, the mayor of Berkeley, suggested classifying the city's antifa as a gang. The US House Minority Leader and Californian congressperson Nancy Pelosi condemned the violence allegedly perpetrated by antifa protesters, writing that "the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted." In January 2018, four people who were attacked while trying to attend a speech due to be given by Yiannopoulos filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley. The lawsuit alleged that campus and city officials failed to prepare for the rioting despite sufficient warning, and as a result would-be attendees were left vulnerable to assault by left-wing protest groups. References External links 2017 in California 2017 protests 2017 riots Academic scandals Alt-right events Anti-fascism in the United States February 2017 crimes in the United States February 2017 events in the United States March 2017 crimes in the United States March 2017 events in the United States April 2017 crimes in the United States August 2017 crimes in the United States August 2017 events in the United States Political violence in the United States Protests against Donald Trump Riots and protests at UC Berkeley Riots and civil disorder in California September 2017 events in the United States