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University of Utah trying to ‘prevent violence’ as students plan protests of conservative writer Ben Shapiro

Anticipating unrest, U. officials and police visited Berkeley campus on Thursday to observe the protest-riven California school’s response to a similar event.

(AP file photo) . A February protest on the University of California at Berkeley campus, over a scheduled appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos. Anticipating similar unrest at their own campus, University of Utah officials visited Berkeley Thursday to observe the school’s handling of a speech by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who is scheduled to talk at the U. on Sept. 27.

(AP file photo) . A February protest on the University of California at Berkeley campus, over a scheduled appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos. Anticipating similar unrest at their own campus, University of Utah officials visited Berkeley Thursday to observe the school’s handling of a speech by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who is scheduled to talk at the U. on Sept. 27.