UC Berkeley students protest Shapiro speaking 🔊 event

Four hours into the protest against a conservative pundit's appearance at the University of California (UC) Berkeley in the United States, violence escalated when police began pushing protesters down Telegraph Avenue.

Protesters and supporters of Ben Shapiro began gathering at 4pm on Bancroft Way on Thursday, many having travelled hours by car or plane. While many of them seemed excited to see Shapiro or to speak against him, an equal number simply wanted to experience the type of action they would read about in the news.

"I'm excited to see Antifa in action," Justin Jackson, a 19-year-old student at Chico State University who had driven three hours to the event, told Al Jazeera. "Antifa and Shapiro in the same day is exciting," said his friend Liam Thomson, referring to a broad group of autonomous anti-fascist activists in the US.

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