Berkeley, Home of the Free Speech Movement, Violently Rejects Free Speech

Berkeley was the home of the Free Speech Movement that erupted in 1964. That is highly ironic, considering the intolerance for free speech that holds sway there now:

Officials at the University of California, Berkeley canceled the appearance of a right-wing speaker on Wednesday after protesters swarmed campus, lighting fires and smashing windows.

University police placed the campus on lockdown and ordered protesters to disperse, but crowds remained—some dancing in celebration of the cancellation, others wearing masks and destroying property. As of 8 p.m. local time, there were no reports of arrests.

In the end, one person was arrested.

Campus officials said about 1,500 people had gathered for the protest. Officials said in a statement they canceled Wednesday’s event “amid violence, destruction of property, and out of concern for public safety.”

The campus police told students to leave the area immediately and said additional outside resources were being brought in to deal with the “violent demonstration that has been taking place.”

The riot successfully prevented Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos from being heard. A moonbat also managed to pepper spray a young woman evidently suspected of supporting Trump in the face on camera:

Her hat actually reads, “MAKE AMERICA BITCOIN AGAIN,” but that is close enough to MAGA to warrant assault in Berkeley.

College Republicans had paid over $7,000 for security, and their speaker still couldn’t be heard. This is one reason non-leftist voices on college campuses are so rare.

Here’s what the Mayor of Berkeley has to say about a lawless mob using violence to suppress free speech in his city — along with a response by someone else campus leftists have used fascist tactics to silence:

On tips from J and Torcer. Hat tips: Twitchy, New Americana.