Leo Terrell flames alma mater UCLA as 'national embarrassment' in wake of anti-Israel chaos on campus

Civil rights attorney and University of California-Los Angeles grad Leo Terrell tells 'Life, Liberty & Levin' the federal government must act now.

Civil rights attorney and University of California-Los Angeles alumnus Leo Terrell called out his alma mater for its response to anti-Israel chaos on campus, adding that every other presidential administration save for Joe Biden's would have rightly protected Jewish students under Title VI.

"First of all, let me be very clear: Let's not use the First Amendment to describe the criminal anti-Semitic conduct that happened at UCLA, a school that I attended; law school," Terrell told "Life, Liberty & Levin," calling the university a "national embarrassment."

Terrell earned his juris doctor from UCLA's law school, while he received his undergraduate degree from California State University-Dominguez Hills.

Police required riot gear to break up protests and dismantle a tent city on the UCLA campus on Thursday, the same day Chancellor Gene Block wrote an open letter recognizing "deep pain" on campus, while promising an investigation into violence there. Block declared the tent city unlawful and a "breach of policy."

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Pro-Palestine Protesters stand with shields across from members of law enforcement in an encampment at UCLA on May 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  ((Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images))

Terrell also faulted the Biden administration for inaction against the protests, citing previous federal actions to break up unlawful or dangerous protests.

"There is enough federal law and protection that is not being used by the Biden administration. Why? Because they are playing politics," said Terrell, who previously espoused