University of Texas PD removes masked protesters from Main Mall
A group of protesters, some masked and carrying torches, were asked to leave the Main Mall by UT police officers around 12:04 a.m. this morning {Saturday}. The protesters left immediately without conflict, University spokeswoman Cindy Posey said.
Police officers patrolling campus encountered the protesters — a small group of less than 20 — gathering on the Main Mall and directed them to remove their masks and leave campus. Posey said the officers were able to stop the demonstration before it fully began.
“The police were patrolling and saw them come on campus and start to gather and stopped it immediately,” Posey said. “They were lighting the torches as the police were walking up.”
The UT Police Department tweeted an alert at 1:16 p.m. today that the protesters were wearing American flag masks and had been identified as a group predominantly consisting of white males.
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