Trump threatens UC Berkeley funds over Breitbart protests
[AFP]
February 2, 2017

Los Angeles (AFP) - US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to withdraw federal funds from UC Berkeley after violent overnight protests against a planned appearance by a controversial editor of conservative news website Breitbart.

Hundreds of students and other protesters chanting "shut him down" smashed windows at the University of California campus, set wooden pallets on fire and threw fireworks and rocks as police in full riot gear responded with tear gas.

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The university was placed on lockdown as the sold-out appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative firebrand, was canceled Wednesday evening.

"If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?" Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday.

Trump's top political adviser Stephen Bannon is the former chairman of Breitbart News.

UC Berkeley is one of the top public universities in the United States. Its operating costs are funded by money from the state of California and tuition fees, as well as grants and government and private contracts.

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Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #2

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Priceless quote from one of the leftist rioters:
“The whole reason we’re here is for free speech...Milo’s hate speech is not allowed here. When it’s hate speech, our free speech is to shut him down.”

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