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LIVE FROM BERKELEY: All The Updates As Shapiro Hits Campus

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Sep 14, 2017 DailyWire.com

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With the chaos expected on Thursday as Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro arrives in Berkeley, California to give his much-anticipated speech, here’s a live blog of events as they transpire:

BREAKING: The UC Berkeley Police Department is seizing any unclaimed tickets at 7pm, instead of releasing them to the public.
— YAF (@yaf) September 15, 2017

One of 3 people arrested @UCBerkeley 4 carrying a weapon near @benshapiro speech on campus. Police, K9 teams and metal detectors everywhere pic.twitter.com/vK71IxNN0X
— Thom Jensen (@ThomNBCBayArea) September 15, 2017

@benshapiro just arrived @UCBerkeley and police have already arrested 2 people. @nbcbayarea is inside. pic.twitter.com/ItqHVYkwOB
— Thom Jensen (@ThomNBCBayArea) September 15, 2017

Protesters chanting as @benshapiro ticket holders go in to #BenAtBerkeley. Some in line look like potential protesters. Disruptions inside? pic.twitter.com/g7QCkBHnMo
— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) September 15, 2017

#DEVELOPING @UCPD_Cal on roof of #Zellerbach hall where @benshapiro set to speak @UCBerkeley in less than one hour. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/McE8k59NVR
— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) September 15, 2017

#DEVELOPING These guys are from @ACSOSheriffs among the agencies providing mutual aid for tonight’s planned @benshapiro speech @UCBerkeley pic.twitter.com/h5W9KdKjHD
— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) September 15, 2017

PHOTO: Woman arrested in Berkeley for assault outside of the @benshapiro event pic.twitter.com/OfroyYLE7I
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) September 15, 2017

Hundreds of people are waiting to nab last minute tickets to @benshapiro tonight. #BenatBerkeley pic.twitter.com/M6Z5g7LBax
— Lizzie Johnson (@lizziejohnsonnn) September 15, 2017

VERY long line of police in riot gear getting into position before @benshapiro takes the stage @Cal pic.twitter.com/G3d9Gu5bS2
— Lisa Amin Gulezian (@LisaAminABC7) September 14, 2017

It’s as if Berkeley is bracing for a hurricane right now, stores boarded up, mraps SWAT vehicles patrolling b4 @benshapiro speech pic.twitter.com/ZIP29qEHDf
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) September 14, 2017

Hurricane Shapiro makes landfall in the Bay Area. Berkeley braces for impact. #BenAtBerkeley pic.twitter.com/cTHJP0jSUY
— No Safe Spaces (@No_Safe_Spaces) September 14, 2017

If violence erupts over @BenShapiro‘s UC Berkeley speech, police will use pepper spray, @ClaudiaCowan1 reports https://t.co/B3DOSk9cMZ pic.twitter.com/6tJO3hrnxj
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 14, 2017

PHOTO: APC Just spotted outside UC Berkeley in preparation of @benshapiro event pic.twitter.com/GCxMD5BGZp
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) September 14, 2017

#DEVELOPING @UCBerkeley has posted “no trespassing” signs ahead of expected 4pm closure of #SproulPlaza for @benshapiro speech. #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/PF4mvGeV1h
— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) September 14, 2017

Wow Berkeley looks like it’s bracing for mass havoc, they even have the bomb squad blocking off roads right now pic.twitter.com/XC1kpxUHob
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) September 14, 2017

UC police and private security lined up at rainbow flag-lined Zellerbach Hall, where @benshapiro will speak tonight pic.twitter.com/oMce840OlA
— Kimberly Veklerov (@KVeklerov) September 14, 2017

A lot of stores around @UCBerkeley are closing early today, and boarding up, as a precaution during #BenAtBerkeley @benshapiro pic.twitter.com/7ukSbhp7xQ
— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) September 14, 2017

Berkeley police will have large pepper spray canisters on hand if someone in crowd @benshapiro event gets violent. pic.twitter.com/UOahcgqphW
— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) September 14, 2017

This sign is posted in the CA tax payer funded Multicultural Student Center at @UCBerkeley. @benshapiro is anything but a white supremacist. pic.twitter.com/CBl20CWiOj
— Bradley Devlin (@bradleydevlin) September 14, 2017

Businesses near @UCBerkeley boarding up in case things go sideways at tonight’s @benshapiro event. This ATM was smashed up during Milo visit pic.twitter.com/qIzsPbppfM
— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) September 14, 2017