Seven people arrested at Milo Yiannopoulos’ Sydney talk
<p>Seven people have been arrested after clashing with police and fans outside the secret Sydney talk of controversial far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos.</p>
<p>Yesterday, the venue at Le Montage in Lilyfield, Sydney, was guarded by mounted police, riot squad officers and police vans.</p>
<p>Organisers left the location of the event a secret until an hour before it began due to security concerns. </p>
<p>As fans of the controversial commentator arrived, protestors chanted, “Muslims are welcome, Milo is not,” and “Nazi scum off our street”.</p>
<p>Four people were arrested for breaching the peace, one for assaulting a police officer, one for affray and one for not complying with direction.</p>
<p>The protestors waved red flags and as the attendees – who paid almost $1000 for their tickets – arrived, chanted, “racist, sexist, anti-queer, Milo is not welcome here”.</p>
<p>Inside the venue, supporters cheered as Yiannopoulos stepped on stage to the sound of Madonna’s “Vogue” while wearing a leopard print fur coat.</p>
<p>Twenty minutes into the talk, a man was reportedly evicted by security for throwing a shoe at Yiannopoulos.</p>
<p>On Monday, Yiannopoulos’ Melbourne event experienced clashes and tour promoter Damien Costas told news.com.au that Milo and his team “knew for a fact there is going to be a repeat incident” in Sydney.</p>
<p>In Melbourne, two protestors were arrested for “discharging missiles”, with five officers suffering minor injuries.</p>
<p>Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane said the incident unfolded because of “Kardashian-style politics”, where groups use attention-grabbing behaviour to promote their causes.</p>
<p>“What we’re seeing in the whole world is if you don’t have a 30-second grab of something really exciting, then you’re not going to make the front page of the news,” he told reporters on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“Both these groups — the left and the right — will do everything they can to go and attack the police to get that one shot where it looks like the police are responding in an aggressive way.</p>
<p>“It looked like a battlefield from an aerial platform.”</p>
