This is what happens when you beat and tear gas peaceful protesters. Look at the videos of the Berkeley protest and you'll see the police instigating, shoving students, decked out in full riot gear. They were ready to go with tear gas and rubber bullets, before anything untoward happened.

It was absolutely shameful. They are protesting now not just because of some incident thousands of miles away, and not just because of an abstract systemic problem but because of actual injustice witnessed first-hand several days ago. A man has seizure and the police won't allow him medical care. Beating 19-year olds with batons, chucking flash grenades. Hundreds of people arrested.

You think this kind of thing only happens in the south. But it's happening here, and it's scary and disgusting.

Peaceful? See "Protesters take to streets of Berkeley for second night running: violence, vandalism of local businesses, looting" http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/07/ferguson-garner-prote...

Yes. Peaceful. Until cops started beating people, arresting them and chucking teargas.

The people vandalizing have nothing to do with the protesters.

> because of actual injustice witnessed first-hand several days ago. A man has seizure and the police won't allow him medical care.

What does this have to do with Peter Thiel, and the audience that was gathered to watch him speak?

It doesn't. But that's why people are protesting now. I doubt they are protesting anything to do with Peter Thiel. Just they want to bring attention to their cause.

The protesters' reasoning was: Peter works for NSA -> NSA ~ police -> police brutality -> #BlackLivesMatter -> Let's storm Peter Thiel

Always thought USA universities have at least some sort of basic security, given the history of shootings.

What has Peter Thiel got to do with their protest?

Ok interesting, so why were the protestors angry?