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#miloatcal- UC Police, Berkeley February 2, 2017 Multiple dispersal orders have been given for the Milo protest. She was able to respond that she was OK after the attack.Īs the scene spiraled out of control, university police warned protesters to disperse and issued a lockdown for campus buildings. One woman wearing a red Trump hat was pepper sprayed in the face while being interviewed by CNN affiliate KGO. Some were attacked by the agitators – who are a part of an anarchist group known as the “Black Bloc” that has been causing problems in Oakland for years, said Dan Mogulof, UC Berkeley spokesman.Ī post shared by CNN violent protesters tore down metal barriers, set fires near the campus bookstore and damaged the construction site of a new dorm.

Milo yiannopoulos windows#

They also smashed windows of the student union center on the Berkeley campus where the Yiannopoulos event was to be held.Īt least six people were injured. Some even hurled Molotov cocktails that ignited fires. UC Berkeley said it removed him from campus “amid the violence and destruction of property and out of concern for public safety.”īlack-clad protesters wearing masks threw commercial-grade fireworks and rocks at police.

The attackers, who were not affiliated with the university, were taken into custody by UC Berkeley police.Īdministrators decided to cancel the event about two hours before the Breitbart editor’s speech. Two Berkeley College Republicans “were attacked while conducting an interview” on the campus on Thursday, UC Berkeley also said in a prepared statement. The university blamed “150 masked agitators” for the unrest, saying they had come to campus to disturb an otherwise peaceful protest. Protests that erupted at UC Berkeley ahead of a planned Wednesday appearance by right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 worth of damage to the campus, the school said Thursday.