The University of Wisconsin-Madison backed down from plans to charge a conservative group a special “security” fee for bringing Daily Wire host Michael Knowles to campus, seemingly rewarding lawless protesters with a heckler’s veto by making conservatives pay for police to stop leftists from committing crimes.
Ahead of Knowles’ speech on campus Wednesday, college administrators told Young Americans for Freedom that they would have to pay $4,271.17 for six police officers, a metal detector, and other security-related costs–even charging “sales tax” despite being seemingly inapplicable. The university did not return a request for comment from The Daily Wire, but reversed its decision on Monday afternoon in the face of accusations that what it was doing was “unlawful.”
The university has not billed student groups for “security” for hosting speakers in the past, the…
