UC BERKELEY PROTESTS AGAINST CONVERSATIVE EDITOR TURNS VIOLENT |拒"白人至上"演講者 加大柏克萊分校示威

First in today's international news, the University of California at Berkeley went into lockdown on Wednesday amid a violent protest over a planned appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos, news editor of the far-right Breitbart News. The demonstration prompted yet another fiery tweet from President Donald Trump, who threatened to withdraw federal funding against actions that he described as muzzling free speech. Police ordered protesters at the liberal-leaning university to disperse and a short time later at least one fire erupted when protesters ignited a light post outside a building. Protesters, who appeared to number in the hundreds, also shattered windows at the same building and threw firecrackers and rocks, according to CNN. School officials said on Twitter after the protest erupted that the speech by Milo Yiannopoulos had been canceled and that the campus was on lockdown. President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, previously headed Breitbart News and CNN reported that many of the protesters voiced opposition to the Republican president. Both Yiannopoulos and President Trump criticized the demonstration as intolerant of free speech.