Clown with frozen condoms arrested at Ben Shapiro event

Clown with frozen condoms arrested at Ben Shapiro event
Claire Poche

A female protester dressed as a clown was arrested at a Ben Shapiro event at the University of Michigan recently. The woman, dressed as a “sad clown,” was stopped upon entering the event to have her backpack searched. Inside her bag security found dozens of condoms that had been frozen, presumably to be thrown at the event:

Though the girl did not reveal her plans, presumably, the only reason someone would freeze condoms is to make them more solid and rigid to be used as projectile-throwing objects. Officers disposed of the condoms and allowed the clown to enter the venue.

Just as she was lining up to ask Shapiro a question, she was pulled into the hallway by police and placed under arrest. At some point during the first half of the event, the individual allegedly vandalized the men’s restroom, writing, “BEN SHAPIRO GOT POUNDED IN HERE” on a wall.

“These events attract all kinds of attention, so one thing that makes it exciting is that you never know what kind of weirdness you’re going to get,” [said] Charles Hilu, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom at UMich….According to the university police department’s Deputy Chief Melissa Overton, the individual was released from custody last night pending further investigation

Prior to the event, YAF, who sponsored the event, posted on Eventbrite that “No bags are allowed into the venue. That includes backpacks and purses. Please leave them at home or in your car.”

The Deputy Chief of Police at the University of Michigan, Melissa Overton, says “The individual was taken into custody and released on scene pending warrant authorization from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office.”

Despite the attempt to disrupt the event, it was a “success,” according to YAF. The idea behind the event was to “expose students at Michigan to conservative thought from one of the Conservative Movement’s intellectual heavyweights, sparking important conversations and contributing to intellectual diversity on campus,” according to the Eventbrite description.

The sad clown was not the only one on campus opposed to Shapiro’s coming. Progressive students at UMich tore down flyers YAF had posted promoting the lecture by Ben Shapiro.

Shapiro’s colleagues at the conservative Daily Wire have faced similar attempts to disrupt their speeches on campus. Protests confronted Matt Walsh’s 2022 fall “What is a Woman?” tour at University of Central FloridaUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Houston, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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