| 2017 Berkeley protests | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Protesters of the April 15 pro-Trump rally | ||||
| Date | February–September 2017 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Caused by | Invitation of Milo Yiannopoulos and other right wing individuals to University of California, Berkeley | |||
| Goals | Banning of right wing individuals from University of California campuses | |||
| Methods | Protests, demonstrations, riots, looting, vandalism, civil disobedience, civil resistance, strike action | |||
| Parties | ||||
| Casualties | ||||
| Injuries | 18 | |||
| Arrested | 71+ | |||
The 2017 Berkeley protests were a series of protests and clashes between organized groups that occurred in the city of Berkeley, California, in the vicinity of the University of California campus. Violence occurred predominantly between protesters opposed to then-President Donald Trump, including activists such as antifa groups and socialists;[1][2] and pro-Trump groups such as Republicans, members of the alt-lite and alt-right, neo-Nazis, and white nationalists. The majority of the participants were peaceful.[3][4][5][6][7]
The first event occurred on February 1, when Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to give a speech at the university. Two later incidents on March 4 and April 15, were pro-Trump rallies met by protesters. Another rally occurred on April 27, hosted by Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman, Brittany Pettibone, Lauren Southern, and others at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. This was scheduled after a planned speech by Ann Coulter was canceled. A "Say No to Marxism" rally planned to be held in the same park on August 27 was officially canceled by the organizers, but still drew both Trump supporters and protesters.
Protests and clashes continued into the month of September, with a campus visit from conservative radio host Ben Shapiro and the return of Yiannopoulos for "Berkeley Free Speech Week". Security for the September events, though "Free Speech Week" was officially canceled by the organizers, cost the university hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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- ^ "Black-clad antifa members attack peaceful right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "Berkeley protests of Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 in damage". February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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- ^ "Photos: Milo protesters at Cal were largely peaceful. Here are a few of them — Berkeleyside". February 3, 2017. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2019.