Four Arrested at Gavin McInnes Event as Antifa Protesters Become Violent

Violence erupts as antifa picket VICE co-founder Gavin McInnes" NYU event

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Following afight,which started after protesters started to assault McInnes as he entered the venue and ended in a stolen Make America Great Again hat being set on fire, protesters followed McInnes into the venue and attempted to disrupt his show with chants.

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One attendee was also attacked by anti-fascists with water as he gave an interview on camera.

The NYU Anti-Fascists organized the event on Facebook titled Disrupt Gavin McInnes at NYU, reported Pix 11, however unlike the riot that anti-fascists startedduring Breitbart Senior Editor MILOs show at UC Berkeley on Wednesday, New York police intervened and managed to prevent a large-scale incident from taking place.

Protesters made chants of get out of here you n**i scum, at McInnes, and hurled expletives at police, and others who attempted to either enter the venue or keep students and attendees safe.

Theres a neo-n**i speaking, so were here to protest, said one protester who was holding a sign written in Arabic.

We have freedom of speech in this country, however if youre going to promote something that is hateful and hurtful to our democracy, we have a right to come out and explain why our democracy exists, said another.

The protesters were seemingly unaware that McInnes is a libertarian, and has never been associated with neo-Nazism.

There was a lot of shoving and scuffling and punches were thrown, declared Pix 11 reporter Marvin Scott, who was on the scene. Police had to move in, and they made several arrests.

McInnes was able to finish his speech, which was interrupted throughout, without having to evacuate the building,and the crowd of protesters eventuallydispersed after a warning from the police.

Far-left anti-fascist rioters assaulted numerous attendees, started fires, smashed up shops and ATMs, and attacked peoples carsduring the riot on Wednesday night in protest ofMILOs UC Berkeley show, forcing the event to be cancelled.

Several celebrities and news outlets expressed support for the riot, including Hollywood director Judd Apatow,who deleted his tweet shortly after, and Fusion, who smeared MILO as a n**i, before praising rioters.

On Thursday, MILOs tour bus was tracked down by anti-fascists and vandalized, forcing both him and his team to evacuate the premises after hislocation was leaked online.

Charlie Nash is a reporterforBreitbart Tech. You can follow himon Twitter@MrNashingtonorlike his page at Facebook.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/02/02/4-arrested-gavin-mcinnes-event-violent-protests-erupt/