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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: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 19 2017, @04:37PM (8 children)
Hey, hey! I JUST got J-Mo off the damn cross and now YOU climb up on it? Shoo, shoo, winter's coming and we need to burn that timber! Take your delusional skull-vomit elsewhere.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:02PM (7 children)
Can I take the ranting and personal attacks as evidence I'm factually correct? Just felt like asking, LOL. Can't unswallow the red pill of course.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:49PM (6 children)
No, you can take it as evidence that you're wrong, since in this case the ranting is factually correct and the personal attacks are well-deserved. But do go on; I know how your kind works. You learn nothing until the flames of Hell burn away your dross.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:21PM (5 children)
More global warming alarmism; tired.
Have a nice day!
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 20 2017, @03:35AM (4 children)
No, sweetie, it's YOUR world that'll be unbearably hot. Try reading for comprehension sometime. I know that's a crime in your culture, but do it for me?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by VLM on Friday October 20 2017, @01:13PM (3 children)
Humor is wasted on the left.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 20 2017, @04:27PM (2 children)
You aren't funny, though. I've been to funerals that were funnier than you. Free hint 'cause I'm in a generous mood: saying something sociopathic and then walking it back with "jeez, it was just a joke" doesn't work. You don't fool anyone but yourself.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 22 2017, @05:59AM (1 child)
Sociopathic jokes are still easier on the ears than constant harpy keening.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday October 22 2017, @03:00PM
Cry some more :) Tone trolling, like false patriotism, is the last refuge of the scoundrel. But since you like my voice so much (I'm an alto, not a screeching soprano, that's my sister) I'll make sure to talk riiiiight into your ear next time!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...