[VIDEO] MILOMAGEDDON: Protests Against Breitbart Editor at Berkeley Turns Into Riot 

Berkeley 1964 v Berkeley 2017. pic.twitter.com/2Qz6j9nxz1

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 2, 2017

BREAKING: Milo is now the 2nd most flaming thing on UC Berkeley‘s campus. pic.twitter.com/FuTt9q2nG0

— The Swog Blog (@hunterswogg) February 2, 2017

If you really want to crush Milo, or anyone in the audience-building business, ignore him. He prays day and night for drama like this.

— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) February 2, 2017

The Breitbart News editor was set to deliver a speech inside a UC Berkeley campus building but hundreds of protesters began throwing fireworks and pulling down the metal barricades police set up to keep people from rushing into the building. Windows were smashed and fires were set outside the building as masked protesters stormed it.

The Berkeley Police Department said people threw bricks, smoking objects, and fireworks at police officers. University police locked down all buildings and ordered a shelter in place, and later fired rubber pellets into the crowd of protesters who defied orders to leave the area.

#BREAKING: UC Berkeley planned event by @Breitbart editor #MiloYiannopoulos is canceled after protest turns violent pic.twitter.com/KsTPQ2yfNG

— Kris Cruz (@rc_kris) February 2, 2017

Protests against alt-right speaker Milo move off UC Berkeley campus and into the streets. pic.twitter.com/c8CKFszmPJ

— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) February 2, 2017

“This is what tolerance looks like at UC Berkeley,” said Mike Wright, a Berkeley College Republican member said as smoke bombs went off around him. Someone threw red paint on him. “It’s sad.”

Protesters argued that hate speech isn’t free speech, countering the university’s explanation — free speech — on why it had allowed the event to proceed even as students demanded that the university cancel it.

Yiannopoulos was invited to speak at the campus by the Berkeley College Republicans, a student group that was warned Tuesday by university officials that the event could result in the targeting of undocumented students. Yiannopoulos, an editor for the right-wing Breitbart News website, was expected to use the event in Berkeley to kick off a campaign against “sanctuary campuses” that have vowed to protect undocumented students as President Trump cracks down on illegal immigration.

Here’s a UC Berkeley ‘Antifa’ rioter attacking a female #Trump supporter, then beating a man with a flag-pole… pic.twitter.com/yWWmjXgXTW

— John Binder 👽 (@JxhnBinder) February 2, 2017

Police now on the second floor balcony shooting pellets (tear gas, I think) into the crowd. Chants of “fuck the police.” pic.twitter.com/rIoUu3f5np

— Michael Bodley (@michael_bodley) February 2, 2017

Violence at UC Berkeley by antifa. This is not a protest #miloatcal pic.twitter.com/7tGd8q0ZTd

— Lukas Mikelionis (@LukasMikelionis) February 2, 2017

Event that was to feature a speech by alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos canceled amid protest on UC Berkeley campus https://t.co/MtKh0vdfdo pic.twitter.com/habG0p2PiM

— ABC News (@ABC) February 2, 2017

Violent protests force cancellation of speech by Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley https://t.co/1tqDvEWfVc pic.twitter.com/dWGOF5I3Dx

— USA TODAY Multimedia (@usatodayvideo) February 2, 2017

Three lines of zip-tied metal fencing separated the crowd of protesters from campus police officers who had secured the building where Yiannopoulos was supposed to speak at 7 p.m. He had arrived earlier, escorted by security, and police said he had left the building after the protests erupted.

The protest turned violent just after 6 p.m. when dozens of masked anarchists, dressed in black and wearing backpacks, emerged from the otherwise peaceful crowd…(read more)

Source: sfgate.com