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Perspective: Chaos ruled at this weekend's BET fest — but the fans still flocked to celebrity

LOS ANGELES - A moment that perfectly summed up the BET Experience, a weekend of concerts and events built around the BET Awards, happened right before Sunday's telecast.

The preshow broadcast was underway in the courtyard connecting the multiple venues of downtown's L.A. Live where the awards show and its branded festival take place when it was interrupted by police officers alerted by fire marshals that the red carpet area was over capacity.

So the crowd had to be cleared and the hosts of the preshow relocated. They got back on air only a few minutes before

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