A writer and speaker for a far-right website was arrested on Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut after he grabbed a person and a pushing match ensued.
The speaker, Lucian B. Wintrich, was arrested on a charge of “breach of peace,” reports The Hartford Courant. Mr. Wintrich is the White House correspondent for the far-right website Gateway Pundit, an outlet that publishes frequent articles favorable to President Trump and critical of Democratic politicians.
His speech was entitled “It’s OK to Be White.” That phrase, born in the internet community 4chan, a haven for white-nationalist ideologies, has been appearing on signs on college campuses throughout the month. Incidents involving controversial speakers have descended into physical violence this year at the University of California at Berkeley and at Middlebury College, but in neither of those incidents did the speaker physically lash out, much less get arrested.
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