Richard Spencer Campus Tour Organizer Drops Lawsuit Against Ohio State

GAINESVILLE,FL-OCT19: Richard Spencer holds a press conference, October 19, 2017, at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.(Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Lawyers for white nationalist Richard Spencer’s campus tour efforts and Ohio State University have notified a federal judge that the lawsuit for Spencer is being withdrawn.

Court records show the sides filed an agreement of voluntary dismissal Tuesday evening.

An attorney for Spencer’s side told The Associated Press earlier that tour organizer Cameron Padgett decided to drop the lawsuit against Ohio State for refusing to book Spencer. The school said such an event posed substantial risks for safety and for disruption.

However, attorney James Kolenich says a lawsuit will continue against the University of Cincinnati over the school’s demand for a nearly $11,000 security fee for Spencer to speak there.

Spencer spoke Monday amid protests at Michigan State University, but other campus plans have stalled in legal disputes.

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  1. Our country has been impoverished by the loss of discussion and exchange of ideas that Spencer’s campus tour would have enabled. I present Spencer’s ideas here for your enrichment:

    Whitened people:
    You’ve done a great job, but you really can’t help but do so. You win the United States.

    Non-whitened people:
    Go home, which, because white people won the United States (see above), can’t be in the United States. This is a rational position, totally not a racist one. Some bad things happen in the US. There are non-whitened people in the US. Logic, for the win.

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