With yet another conservative speaker drawing outrage on the UC Berkeley campus, police and university leaders managed to bring in extra security and a police presence that largely kept the crowds at bay.
According to police, more than 1,000 people showed up on Thursday evening, but there were no reported injuries due to violence and no reports of any property damage. Nine people were arrested, police said.
"No regrets with assembling the forces we did," said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. "It certainly didn't hurt, deterring those who came with malicious intent."
Outside of the event, scores of protesters showed up, including a small group of Refuse Fascism activists. Some demonstrators staged a sit-in at the campus student union.
Inside Zellerbach Hall, conservative commentator and former Breitbart News editor Ben Shapiro expounded on his political viewpoints for nearly two hours, and even took questions.