By Frances Dinkelspiel

BERKELEYSIDE: So many death threats have been levied at Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín in the days after the protest in Berkeley against Milo Yiannopoulos, that police have had to attach a detail to protect him.

Arreguín became a target of the far right after he sent out some tweets on Feb. 1, hours before Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at UC Berkeley. Arreguín tweeted: “Bigotry is unacceptable. Hate speech isn’t welcome in our community.”

On Feb. 2, after a group of black-clad rioters protesting again Yiannopoulos had caused approximately $500,000 in damage downtown, and another $100,000 worth of damage to the UC campus, Arreguín put out a statement calling Yiannopoulos “a white nationalist.” Arreguín later retracted that characterization and changed it to “alt-rightist.” He apologized for his use of language.

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