  FOR COULTER TONIGHT.          
   NBC'S KATIE BECK             
   EXPLAINS.                    
   >> Reporter: IT'S            
   SCENES LIKE THIS,            
   VIOLENCE, CHAOS AND          
   BLOODSHED AT A               
   PRO-TRUMP RALLY JUST         
   TEN DAYS AGO THAT UC         
   BERKELEY SAYS MADE           
   THEM CANCEL A SPEECH         
   BY CONSERVATIVE              
   FIREBRAND ANN COULTER.       
   THE UNIVERSITY FORCED        
   TO SACRIFICE ITS             
   REPUTATION AS THE            
   CRADLE OF THE FREE           
   SPEECH MOVEMENT FOR          
   SAFETY, ACCORDING TO         
   OFFICIALS.                   
   COULTER INSISTED SHE         
   WOULD GO REGARDLESS,         
   UNTIL SHE LOST THE           
   SUPPORT OF THE               
   CONSERVATIVE GROUPS          
   WHO INVITED HER TODAY.       
   "IT'S SICKENING," SHE        
   SAID ON TWITTER, "WHEN       
   A RADICAL THUGGISH           
   INSTITUTION LIKE             
   BERKELEY CAN SO EASILY       
   SNUFF OUT THE                
   CHERISHED AMERICAN           
   RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH."       
   GROUPS FROM THE FAR          
   LEFT AND RIGHT HAVE          
   CLASHED IN THE CITY          
   SEVERAL TIMES IN             
   RECENT MONTHS.               
   IN FEBRUARY, BERKELEY        
   CANCELED A SPEECH OF         
   ALT RIGHT PROVOCATEUR        
   MILO YIANNOPOULOS,           
   WHEN VIOLENT PROTESTS        
   BROKE OUT.                   
   IN A STATEMENT               
   DEFENDING THE                
   CANCELLATIONS                
   BERKELEY'S CHANCELLOR        
   SAID "THIS IS A              
   UNIVERSITY, NOT A            
   BATHLEFIELD."                
   FOR CIVIL RIGHTS             
   ACTIVISTS, THE               
   SCENARIO RAISES REAL         
   CONCERN.                     
   >> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT       
   THE GOVERNMENT NOT           
   BUCKLE DOWN AND NOT          
   ALLOW PEOPLE TO              
   SILENCE SPEAKERS OF          
   ANY POINT OF VIEW.           
   >> Reporter: THE             
   CANCELLATION HAS ALSO        
   MADE SOME WHO NORMALLY       
   CRITICIZE COULTER COME       
   TO HER DEFENSE,              
   INCLUDING SENATOR            
   BERNIE SANDERS WHO           
   CALLED THE MOVE              
   "INTELLECTUAL                
   WEAKNESS."                   
   GROWING QUESTIONS            
   TONIGHT FOR BERKELEY,        
   ABOUT BETRAYING ITS          
