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| Riot breaks out at UC Berkeley amid protest of Breitbart editor's speech (LIVE VIDEO) | Riot breaks out at UC Berkeley amid protest of Breitbart editor's speech (LIVE VIDEO) |
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| A protest turned violent at the University of California at Berkeley, resulting in the cancellation of a talk from conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. | |
| Livestream courtesy KGO. | Livestream courtesy KGO. |
| Yiannopoulos, an editor of Breitbart News, was expected speak against “sanctuary campuses,” which promised to protect undocumented students in wake of President Donald Trump's tough stance on illegal immigration. | Yiannopoulos, an editor of Breitbart News, was expected speak against “sanctuary campuses,” which promised to protect undocumented students in wake of President Donald Trump's tough stance on illegal immigration. |
| In response to the violence, UC Berkeley Police have warned students to "leave the area immediately," as they are bringing in "additional resources." | In response to the violence, UC Berkeley Police have warned students to "leave the area immediately," as they are bringing in "additional resources." |
| Once those backup forces arrived, police used a bullhorn to warn protesters they would be subject to force, "including but not limited to chemical agents, batons and less lethal munitions." | |
| KTVU reported that there were no police present when the riots began. College Republicans paid a mandatory security fee but are now asking what good it did. | |
| There were reports of fireworks being thrown and a tree being set on fire. | |
| Hundreds of protesters, some covered in masks, also broke windows and pulled down metal barricades that police set up, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. | Hundreds of protesters, some covered in masks, also broke windows and pulled down metal barricades that police set up, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. |
| There are reports of outbreaks of physical violence and rioters attempting to surround attendees, whom they deemed "fascists." | There are reports of outbreaks of physical violence and rioters attempting to surround attendees, whom they deemed "fascists." |
| Berkeley Police reported their officers were targeted with projectiles, including bricks and smoking objects. The university's police locked down campus buildings and ordered the public to shelter in place. | Berkeley Police reported their officers were targeted with projectiles, including bricks and smoking objects. The university's police locked down campus buildings and ordered the public to shelter in place. |
| Tear gas was deployed after many calls from police for the crowd to disperse or face arrest for unlawful assembly. | |
| Students were not the only ones to have objected to Yiannopoulos event at the university. After the editor accepted the invitation, a group of faculty members urged Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to cancel the event. More than 100 Berkeley faculty blamed the editor for provoking “incitement, harassment, and defamation.” | Students were not the only ones to have objected to Yiannopoulos event at the university. After the editor accepted the invitation, a group of faculty members urged Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to cancel the event. More than 100 Berkeley faculty blamed the editor for provoking “incitement, harassment, and defamation.” |
| “Although we object strenuously to Yiannopoulos’s views — he advocates white supremacy, transphobia, and misogyny — it is rather his harmful conduct to which we call attention in asking for the cancellation of this event,” read the first of two letters from faculty members. | “Although we object strenuously to Yiannopoulos’s views — he advocates white supremacy, transphobia, and misogyny — it is rather his harmful conduct to which we call attention in asking for the cancellation of this event,” read the first of two letters from faculty members. |