More than 100 protestors with masks and signs clashed with scores of police in riot gear armed with pepper spray Monday outside Michigan State University, where avowed white nationalist Richard Spencer planned to speak, postponing the address until later in the afternoon over safety concerns.
MSU Police Captain Doug Monette confirmed to Fox News that 24 people were arrested in the parking lot of the school’s agriculture and livestock education pavilion, where Spencer was scheduled to speak.
Fox 17 reported other protests and peaceful marches have been taking place in East Lansing.
Activists were reported chanting “No Nazis, no KKK, no fascist USA” as well as “Punch a Nazi.”
Spencer’s Monday visit comes while MSU students are on spring break.
In response to a question, the school told The Associated Press that Spencer’s appearance isn’t a school-sponsored event and MSU is “simply the venue.”
Michigan State said “all appropriate security measures” would be taken with the Spencer appearance, which was scheduled in settlement of a lawsuit. An MSU spokesman said in statement that the school rejects “divisive and racist messages.”
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