BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on University of California, Berkeley boosting security ahead of a speech by a conservative commentator (all times local):
4:15 p.m.
Protesters opposed to a scheduled speech by a conservative commentator at the University of California, Berkeley say they’re disappointed they’re being kept out of the school’s main plaza because of heightened security.
Raphael Kadaris is an organizer with Refuse Fascism, which had planned to protest at the university’s Sproul Plaza ahead of the appearance by former Breitbart News editor Ben Shapiro.
UC Berkeley Police Chief Margot Bennett says protesters can demonstrate on nearby streets, about a block away. Campus police closed the plaza Thursday afternoon and stopped allowing people to enter.