Protesters tear down barricades and set fires during furious protests against speech by conservative Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley
Violent protests have broken out at UC Berkeley campus
Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor from Breitbart News, will speak at UC Berkeley
The visit is sponsored by the campus Republican club and UCB stressed it did not invite him
On Tuesday night at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, his speech was met with dozens of protesters
University officials say he will be allowed in name of free speech as will protests
Berkeley’s Chancellor said Yiannopoulous ‘uses odious behavior in part to ‘entertain’ but also to deflect any serious engagement with ideas’
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
1 February 2017
Protesters have torn down barricades, let off fireworks and thrown rocks during furious protests against speech by conservative Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley.
Police reportedly opened fire on demonstrators using non-lethal bullets during the uproar on campus in California.
Yiannopoulos’s speech been cancelled amid the chaos and he has been evacuated, according to a post on his social media.
The 32-year-old right-wing provocateur is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump and a self-proclaimed internet troll whose comments have been criticized as racist, misogynist, anti-Muslim and white supremacist. He was banned from Twitter after leading a harassment campaign against ‘Ghostbusters’ actress Leslie Jones.
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