Florida declares emergency over white supremacist event

AFPOctober 16, 2017

Florida has declared a state of emergency ahead of a speech by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer
Florida has declared a state of emergency ahead of a speech by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer (AFP Photo/TASOS KATOPODIS)
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Miami (AFP) - Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday in northern Florida ahead of a speech by white supremacist leader Richard Spencer, who was involved in a march in August that ended in violent clashes.

Spencer, a leader of the so-called "alt-right" movement, is due to give a speech Thursday at the University of Florida in Gainesville, a town of some 130,000.

Saying there was an "imminent" threat of a potential emergency as a result, Scott explained that the emergency declaration will ensure that security forces have all the necessary resources at their disposition. https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-declares-emergency-over-white-supremacist-event-233221687.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-declares-emergency-over-white-supremacist-event-233221687.html