Milo Yiannopoulos

Suspect In Custody In Trump Protest Shooting Outside Milo Yiannopoulos Event, Seattle Police Say

... dwindled to about few dozen around the city’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, where earlier a small group of protesters burned American flags. As supporters celebrate the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Democrats, civil rights groups, celebrities, and more are taking to the stree. At first the flag burners, many of them masked and clad in black, had trouble because of the rain, but using lighter fluid they torched at least half a dozen flags. An ember briefly fell on the jacket of one participant but the fire was quickly put out. The crowd in Portland then marched through downtown. Later, police announced the protest had become unlawful after some were seen armed with clubs and sticks and were throwing unknown liquid at officers. Police said five people were arrested during the evening protests in Portland. Earlier in the day, ...

Man Shot Before Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos' Speaking Event Is In Critical Condition

... Saturday after being shot outside a University of Washington hall prior to the controversial far-right commentator’s speech there Friday night. The 32-year-old victim was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery after being shot in the stomach, police said. A person of interest in the shooting turned himself in to University of Washington police, and was held for questioning. A police official told the Seattle Times  late Saturday that the man who fired the gun said he had fired in self-defense and that the man he shot was "some type of white supremacist.” The suspect was released without charges pending further investigation. On Friday, black-hooded protesters were shown in videos  sparking assaults outside Kane Hall on campus. Police had blocked the entrance after scuffles broke out over the Breitbart editor’s sold-out appearance. When a group of protesters arrived after a downtown rally — where ...

Turning Point Usa Defends Decision To Invite Milo Yiannopoulos To Cu Boulder

... still free speech. Just because you don’t like something someone said, it doesn’t mean it isn’t protected by the First Amendment,” Quesinberry said. Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Yiannopoulos has, in 2016, been uninvited from multiple universities on grounds of security concerns and creating a hostile environment. Hoban said his group supports the right to protest, as it is itself an act of free speech, a principle for which the group advocates. As for Turning Point USA’s goals for the visit, Hoban said its top priority is to make sure people do not get hurt. “We look forward to the event and hope that everything remains peaceful, civil, and safe,” he said. The event itself remained peaceful, but scuffles between protesters and counter-protesters outside went from contentious to violent at times. ...

Cu College Republicans Stand By Milo Yiannopoulos Event

... Laverne Cox. When: Doors open at 6:30 p.m., event begins at 7:30 p.m. Where: Macky Auditorium. Cost: Tickets are sold out. More info: The event will feature screening and security. Prohibited items include large bags, backpacks, skateboards, signs, weapons, face covering, food and drinks. Attendees can carry small purchase no larger than 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches. Factory-sealed water bottles are permitted. Visit __link__/cudsb for more information. On a campus that's overwhelmingly liberal, Kohl said the CU College Republicans and the CU chapter of Turning Point USA, a national conservative activism group, shouldn't have to fight for their right to invite a speaker to campus — an assertion Chancellor Phil Di Stefano has made clear he agrees with in several messages to the campus community. As with any speaker, event organizers ...

Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Sold Out For Uw Speech; Wsu Event Canceled Due To Weather

... Hall, which holds about 700. The College Republicans raised money online to hire security and rent the hall. Jessie Gamble, president of UW College Republicans, said the Kane Hall doors will open at 7 p.m. Friday, and Yiannopoulos’ speech will begin about 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, Gamble said the UW appearance was going on as planned despite the WSU cancellation. Yiannopoulos isn’t the only speaker in town Friday. As part of MLK Week, the UW is hosting a 7 p.m. speech by Kathleen Cleaver , a longtime civil-rights activist. Cleaver last spoke at the UW in 1968, during a teach-in at the Husky Union Building. Also on Friday, the university’s Computer Science & Engineering department will hold a two-hour symposium to highlight the accomplishments of UW’s women scientists and engineers. Katherine Long: 206-464-2219 or ...

Ucla Event With Milo Yiannopoulos Gets Canned

... Here's the rest of the statement. Certainly, it's unfair to cast the would-be protestors in such a damning light, when nothing's actually happened. There would have been a protest, though. On a Facebook page , a group opposed to Yiannopoulos's UCLA event said that he is an "established racist and figurehead of the alt-right (a fascist neo-nazi movement aimed at the disfranchisement of people of color, women, and LGBTQ folks alike)," adding that the group would be "engaging in a peaceful protest outside of the seminar Yiannopoulos will be holding." But now it looks like that won't be needed. Yiannopoulos had actually spoken at UCLA before, back in May, when he headlined an event called "Feminism Is Cancer.". This isn't the first time that Yiannopoulos has bailed from an event at a California campus. Just earlier this month, a similar situation happened at UC Davis, where campus Republicans canned a Yiannopoulos speaking event and cited a concern for safety. "Pharma-bro" Martin Shkreli, who was scheduled to speak with Yiannopoulos, showed up to the campus even though the event was canceled. He had poop thrown at him. Contact the author of this ...

Anti-fascist Activist Shot At Protest Against Neo-nazi Milo Yiannopoulos

... year, they say they have stopped. And then, when the funding reports come out at the end of the year, we find that they have continued. I think what Exxon Mobil has done is deeply unethical.". The Senate confirmed the first two Trump Cabinet members on Friday: retired General James "Mad Dog" Mattis as defense secretary and retired General John Kelly as secretary of homeland security. The confirmation of the rest of Trump’s Cabinet has been delayed because many of the nominees failed to submit the required ethics and financial disclosure forms to Congress in time for them to be reviewed by the Office of Government Ethics ahead of the scheduled hearings. The confirmation process has also been slow because Trump’s Cabinet is the richest in U. S. history, consisting largely of white male millionaires and billionaires whose array of financial ties pose unprecedented potential conflicts of interest. Gambian Leader Agrees to Step Down, Averting Political Crisis. Headlines Jan 23, 2017. In international news, longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh agreed to step down Friday, averting a political crisis in the African nation. West African troops ...

How Publishing Houses Weigh A Decision Like Giving Milo Yiannopoulos A Book Deal

... particular brand of celebrity has little to do with the way he expresses himself in prose and that therefore he is a more troubling candidate for a book deal. Reading Yiannopoulos’ proposal, Bellow claims he detected evidence of actual thinking, that he “was pleasantly surprised” to find “an engaging, intelligent, educated voice” rather than “a hodgepodge of rants and Twitter insults.” “Nothing I saw led me to feel that the book was incendiary or dangerous,” he concluded. “I don’t see myself giving it to my girlfriend for Christmas, but Milo’s achieved some notoriety and his audience will be curious to know him better.”. In the end, the reason the St. Martin’s imprint turned Dangerous down was likely the same reason that Threshold picked it up: Doing so seemed like a shrewd business decision. Bellow’s unnamed new press aspires to publish voices from ...