UC Berkeley finally put the proper security measures in place for Ben Shapiro to make an appearance at the home of the free speech movement. There were three arrests during the event that cost Berkeley an estimated $600,000 to ensure a peaceful event.
Free Speech week is still on, starting September 24th and featuring Pamela Geller, Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, and David Horowitz, despite pressure from Berkeley’s mayor, Jesse Arreguin to cancel the event.
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Burn the place to the ground and piss on the ashes.
There was one huge positive that came from the event. There was very little violence, and police forced every protester to remove his mask, or arrested them otherwise. This sets a clear precedent for every event in every city from now on: unmask the protesters or you will be held liable.
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They escorted black kids to school, they can’t escort people to 1st Amendment events?
I listened to the first 10 minutes of Shapiro’s speech. What a maroon.
Glad to see that Berkeley is doing the lawful thing, although they are likely doing it because of threat of multi-million dollar lawsuits if anyone is seriously injured or murdered.
So, somebody sucker-punched the mayor or what?
Wait until Bannon or Milo speak – I suspect Antifa was just checking out the “improved” security and adapting new tactics
Berkeley is going to have to dip into the endowment to cover the security for next week’s line up of great speakers.