penn state says it wasn't the police discharging pepper spray after proud boys spray protestors and media

[butters]

Citing the "threat of escalating violence," Penn State University Police Monday night announced online they were pulling the plug on a planned event featuring McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys.

Penn State spokesperson Lisa Powers told Newsweek in an email that the university would be issuing a statement on the incident Monday night. In the meantime, she directed Newsweek to a tweet posted earlier by university police regarding the demonstration that stated, "To be clear, pepper spray was not discharged by law enforcement."

McInnes, a co-founder of Vice Media and right-wing commentator, was earlier scheduled to appear at Penn State with Blaze TV contributor Alex Stein for an event titled "Stand Back & Stand By" that was sponsored by student group Uncensored America, reports independent student newspaper The Daily Collegian. While McInnes has quit the Proud Boys, which have been involved in street brawls, he remains a controversial figure.

dressed all in black, proud boy supporters of McInnes sprayed people and media covering their protest of his penn state planned event to speak despite the objections of interim Vice President and General Counsel Frank Guadagnino. They put out a statement decrying the event and the reasons why, but they were ignored.

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[butters]

no information in that article as to any arrests for assault by the pepper sprayers, but the two speakers got a nice little protective police escort off the premises to safety.

 

[Rainblow]

Proud Boys are listed as a terrorist entity in Canada's Anti- Terrorist Act. They're an organization founded in 2016 by a Canadian living in the U.S.