Lucian Wintrich arrested at lecture

The UConn College Republicans brought in White House correspondent Lucian Wintrich from The Gateway Pundit for a lecture titled, “It’s ok to be white.” Schenker Hall was packed with both supporters and protesters. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich entered Schenker Hall to a largely negative reaction with cheers sprinkled in from the hosting group. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich began his presentation with a slideshow and anecdotal story. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich was accompanied by his own supporters. Including this man in the red sweatshirt and hat, who was presumably live streaming the event. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich was barely able to get out a full sentence as protestors constantly rained down chants such as “Go home Nazis” and, “Black lives matter.” (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Numerous students and organizations live streamed the event as tensions began to rise. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich began firing back at the crowd, calling these signs in the audience, “cute.” (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Another round of “Black lives matter” chants erupted as Wintrich began to restart his speech. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

The Gateway Pundit posted a story saying that it was a “packed house at UConn to see Lucian Wintrich.” (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Protestors began to get up and walk out during the middle of the lecture. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

In an instant, an altercation breaks out between Wintrich and a female protestor. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

The protestor allegedly took something off of Wintrich’s podium. Wintrich chased her up the stairs and grabbed her. Police jumped in immediately. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

UCPD officers quickly escorted Wintrich through a scrum of people and out of the lecture hall. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Police restrain the Wintrich supporter from interfering with Wintrich’s arrest. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich was kept inside this bathroom while they cleared out the lecture hall. Also pictured was the window that was broken in the hysteria, the person who broke the window has since been arrested. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

The event was officially canceled once the altercation took place, but that didn’t stop the masses of people from gathering outside Schenker Hall. There were also reports of a smoke bomb going off inside the building. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Police guard the backdoor of Schenker Hall after forcing everyone outside the building. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

With Wintrich still inside, UCPD stand guard outside the main doors to the lecture hall. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)

Wintrich was escorted through the back door of Schenker Hall. He was charged with second degree breach of peace. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)