Speech of controversial farright journalist milo yiannopoulos. The violence. Forcing the school to cancel his speech. Grant lodes is tracking the president s response to the protest. Some thing hes describing as antifree speech. It was this morning. About 12 hours after a peaceful protest at uc berkeley broke into anarchy. When President Trump took to twitter threatening to pull federal funds from cal saying if u. C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practicrs violence on innocent people with a different point of view no federal funds . Lt governor gavin newsom tweeted. As a uc regent im appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38thousand students access to an education because of the actions of a few. Congresswoman barbara lee. From oakland. Followed with. President trump doesnt have a license to blackmail universities. Hes the president not a dictator and his empty threats are an abuse of power. Right now uc berkeley gets about 600 Million Dollars annually in federal funds
The editor for the alt right news website breitbart news. Was scheduled to speak last night. The event was canceled due to the violence. He was invited to speak by the Berkeley College republicans. New tonight ella sogomian is live at uc berkeley with their reaction. It was here protestors incited violence last night putting a stop to the event now Berkeley College repubicans say theyre worried the campus they share is no longer a safe space for free speech. Its ridiculous the school where the Free Speech Movement started is also where it died last night. Berkeley College Republicans gathered thursday in the wake of a violent protest that erupted the previous night at an event organized by their group. Jose diaz, president Berkeley College republicanswe see the opposition the resistance to hearing alternative views. Protestors weeks in advance had tried to have uc berkeley cancel the talk on campus by guest speaker milo yannoupolous a provocative far right conservative. Naweed tahmas,
And it all started with a demonstration against milo yiannopoulos. The editor for the alt right news website breitbart news. He was invited to speak by the Berkeley College republicans. But the event was canceled due to the violence. Kron4s ella sogomonoian is at uc berkeley with their reaction. Last nights protest at uc berkeley spilled into the downtown area. A number of businesses were damaged. And now owners are left to clean up. Kron 4s alecia reid spoke with the Downtown Berkeley association where they talked about how bad the damage got. Pkg uber ceo and cofounder Travis Kalanick will now not participate in president trumps Business Advisory council. Because of the president s executive order on immigration. In a memo to employess. Kalanick said initially joining the group was anota meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda. But unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that. The uber ceo was one of 16 Business Leaders on the council. Last weekend af
And it all started with a demonstration against milo yiannopoulos. The editor for the alt right news website breitbart news. He was invited to speak by the Berkeley College republicans. But the event was canceled due to the violence. Kron4s ella sogomonoian is at uc berkeley with their reaction. Last nights protest at uc berkeley spilled into the downtown area. A number of businesses were damaged. And now owners are left to clean up. Kron 4s alecia reid spoke with the Downtown Berkeley association where they talked about how bad the damage got. Pkg uber ceo and cofounder Travis Kalanick will now not participate in president trumps Business Advisory council. Because of the president s executive order on immigration. In a memo to employess. Kalanick said initially joining the group was anota meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda. But unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that. The uber ceo was one of 16 Business Leaders on the council. Last weekend af
When they got out here that a couple of guys came in and just were ramshaking the place and i think it was just a couple of bad actors. Another protest in march also resulted in violence. But no businesses were damaged during that protest. One of my greatest concerns is even in this interview, you know, identifying the store and being subject to retribution. This man has worked in Downtown Berkeley 30years. He didnt want to identify the store where he works because hes scared of becoming a target during saturdays protest. I hope its a peaceful day and a peaceful protest, im not counting on that but i hope so. The Downtown Berkeley association has warned Business Owners of the protest, some have gotten extra security. But this man says if there is violence, he doesnt think added security would make a difference. I dont think that that is necessarily going to be a deterrent, because the people that broke the banks windows, all the way around, that wasnt just a few people that a Security