The Latest: Ohio State turns down white nationalist request

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 8:28 pm, Friday, October 20, 2017

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on a request for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at Ohio State University (all times local):

9:20 p.m.

Ohio State University has denied a request to rent space for an appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer, citing risks to public safety.

An attorney representing the university says in a letter sent Friday the university consulted with law enforcement and considered Spencer's appearance at the University of Florida earlier in the week before deciding to turn down the request. Spencer's Florida speech drew protesters and was marked by skirmishes.
 
A lawyer on behalf of Spencer's associates says he plans to follow through on a threat to file a lawsuit against Ohio State.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/The-Latest-Ohio-State-turns-down-white-12295131.php

[irisblue]

1. Good! 👍

I bet the OSU lawyers are warming up for court.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Wonder if Spencer and friends would settle for a game with the OSU football team

I'd watch that game.

[irisblue]

3. I'd pay good cash money for that

And I am a Michigan fan.

[Stonepounder]

4. That might be the one thing that would get me to make the drive up to Columbus

from Cincinnati. Even though I now live in KY (just across the river from Cincinnati), I'm an OSU alum.

[Irish_Dem]

5. If the white nationalists played football they would get a bigger audience.

Of course the Bucks would kick their a**.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Kick

[irisblue]

7. From OSU Student paper, the Lantern, 10/20/17, byline Summer Cartwright

"Ohio State announced Friday that white supremacist Richard Spencer’s request to use campus space for a speaking engagement Nov. 15 has been denied without possibility of an alternative to the event, which the university mentioned in a letter to Spencer’s attorney last week.
This is the third time since September that Ohio State has denied a request from Spencer.
“The university values freedom of speech,” the latest letter to Spencer’s lawyer stated. “Nonetheless the university has determined that it is not presently able to accommodate Mr. Padgett’s request… due to substantial disruption to the work and discipline of the University.”
In the letter to Cameron Padgett, a Georgia State University student who requested the event, the university cited evaluating Spencer’s Thursday speech at the University of Florida. Gov. Rick Scott of Florida declared a state of emergency for the event, and it cost $500,000 for the university to provide security and safety detail, according to Time Magazine."


It will be interesting to see if the University of Cincinnati will rescind Spencers speaking engagement there because of the violence by Spencers' followers.