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Violence, Arrests Plague Richard Spencer Event at Auburn

After white nationalist wins right to speak at university.

Violence and arrests punctuated another Richard Spencer event, this time in Auburn, Alabama, where the white-nationalist speaker appeared Tuesday evening. Auburn University had attempted to cancel the speech on Friday, but Spencer obtained a federal court order that allowed him to go ahead with the event. Three people were arrested while protesting the appearance, police said. “We won a major victory for the alt-right,” Spencer said of the order. His speech, according to local outlets, was repeatedly interrupted by protests and shouts from the young crowd. “The alt-right is about being a white person, being a European in the 21st century,” Spencer said. “There’d be no history without us.”