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DonViejo

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Fri Apr 27, 2018, 11:58 AM Apr 2018

UVA moves to ban white nationalist rally planner from campus

Source: AP/WSLS-10 News




Posted: 11:09 AM, April 27, 2018
Updated: 11:16 AM, April 27, 2018

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia has effectively banned the main organizer of last summer's white nationalist rally from its Charlottesville campus.

The university said in a statement Friday that it issued a no-trespass warning to Jason Kessler on Thursday and was in the process of serving him with the warning.

The statement says the decision was based on reports from students that Kessler threatened them, targeted them through cyberbullying and cyber harassment or targeted them based on "protected characteristics."

He was the primary organizer of the Aug. 12 "Unite the Right" white nationalist rally, which descended into violence.

Read more: https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/uva-moves-to-ban-white-nationalist-rally-planner-from-campus

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