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Protests broke out at the University of Pittsburgh after Daily Wire host Michael Knowles and journalist Brad Polumbo visited the school to debate transgender ideology, a hot topic on college campuses across the country. The anger directed against the topic of discussion, "Should transgenderism be regulated by law?," turned into fear as a "loud explosion was heard and felt in the debate room," according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "The explosion prompted Pitt to send an emergency alert to students about a ‘public safety emergency,’" the newspaper added

Demonstrators threw flares at attendees trying to enter the building and lit an incendiary device outside of the venue.Violent protest against Michael Knowles and Brad Polumbo shuts down streets in Pittsburgh.Violent protests erupted in the heart of Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening as student activists attempted to shut down a debate at the University of Pittsburgh between political commentators Michael Knowles and Brad Polumbo concerning transgender rights.The event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Pitt College Republicans.Campus Reform has covered the turmoil connected to other conservative speakers at the university, including Cabot Phillips and Riley Gaines, but...

Two Antifa militants have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. Brian DiPippa, 36, and his 40-year-old wife, Krystal, allegedly carried out an explosive attack outside an event featuring the Daily Wire's Michael Knowles at the University of Pittsburgh in April. "Brian DiPippa ignited and dropped two homemade smoke bomb containers in and around a line of persons waiting to enter the O’Hara Student Center," the indictment states. It goes on to note that when Pitt Police officers tried to prevent protestors from entering the building...