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Governor Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency in the county where the University of Florida lay, due to a planned speech by Richard Spencer. According to NPR:
When Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida last month, Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency. On Monday, he did the same thing in Alachua County, ahead of a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
"We live in a country where everyone has the right to voice their opinion, however, we have zero tolerance for violence and public safety is always our number one priority," Scott said in a statement. "This executive order is an additional step to ensure that the University of Florida and the entire community is prepared so everyone can stay safe."
"I find that the threat of a potential emergency is imminent," Scott declared in his executive order, noting that Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell had requested the state's assistance. The order will make it easier for various agencies to coordinate a security plan for Thursday's speech at the university.
[...] No campus group invited Spencer to speak, and the university is not hosting or sponsoring the event. Spencer's group, the National Policy Institute, is paying the university $10,564 for facility rental and security.
And it looks like it could get expensive:
The speech and accompanying protests are also a major expense: The university as well as state and local agencies expect to spend more than $500,000 to provide additional security.
And the University of Florida can't demand that Spencer pay the full cost of protecting him, because of a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement.
In that decision, the university explains, "the Court clarified that the government cannot assess a security fee on the speaker based upon the costs of controlling the reaction of potential hostile onlookers or protestors," under legal doctrine known as the "heckler's veto."
Well, that is the cost of free speech in a free country.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @02:11AM (2 children)
I wondered it that was a thing.
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Hey! Looks like I got a hit. Gotta zoom in.
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Perhaps you could advise me on locations.
While you're at it, could you link to something that quotes the anti-White Supremacists saying something about the collective ownership of the means of production by The Workers?
Oh, and the skinheads aren't just racist, they're misogynistic as well.
Alt Right Leader Says Women Shouldn't Be Allowed To Vote [trofire.com]
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(Score: 2) by arcz on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:27PM (1 child)
Obvious political shill is obvious. Don't quote secondary opinion sources from media outlets from the opposite side to prove a point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @11:00PM
Railing against the reporter doesn't change the fact that Richard Spenser is on the record saying that women shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Seems pretty clear that The Alt-Reich has a bad case of tiny penis--to match their tiny brains.
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