CU Boulder student says hockey stick attack was politically motivated

A University of Colorado Boulder student says he was the victim of a politically motivated attack when he was hit over the head with a hockey stick by a man on in-line skates Thursday evening.

Nathaniel Ellis, a CU Boulder sophomore who is the secretary of CU Boulder’s Turning Point USA chapter, said he was leaving a meeting on his bike when he was followed by someone on in-line skates with a hockey stick. Turning Point USA is a group that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses. It was founded by Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University in September.

Ellis said the person on in-line skates followed him at about 6:50 p.m. Thursday as he left the Ekeley Science building, which is next to Norlin Library and where the Turn