KENT AND
JOY.
>> A STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDING
AFTER A WHITE NATIONALIST
SPARKED CONTROVERSY AT THE UF.
OFFICERS KEPT THE PEACE AS
TENSIONS FLARED.
>> KEEP GOING.
COME ON, KEEP GOING.
>> HOW THE CAMPUS IS MOVING
FORWARD.
AFTER MORE THAN $600 THOUSAND IN
SECURITY COSTS FOR HUNDREDS OF
OFFICERS ACROSS THE STATE,
POSITIONED ALL OVER THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
TONIGHT A PEACEFUL DAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF U.S., FOX
TWEETED OUT HIS THOUGHTS.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
THOUSANDS THAT HAVE BEEN ON OUR
CAMPUS THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
>>> OFFICERS SAY IT WAS A MOSTLY
PEACEFUL DAY NEAR CAMPUS.
POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT STARTED
AS A VERBAL CONFRONTATION, THE
JEEP FOLLOWED A GROUP.
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
POLICE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SHOO
SHOOTER.
WE'RE COVERING DIFFERENT ANGLES.
ERIK, YOU NOTICE ONE THING THEY
ALL HAD IN COMMON.
>> Reporter: YEAH THEY ALL HAD
ONE THING IN COMMON WHICH WAS
PASSION.
WE SAW IT ON BOTH SIDES AND PLAY
OUT IN THE STREET AND YOU CAN
SEE IT VERY CLOUD AND CLEAR FOR
PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE TO SUPPORT
WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
THERE WAS NO LACK OF PASSION
WHEN IT CAME TO PROTESTING WHI
NATIONALISTS SPEAKING EVENT.
[CHANTING NO, NO, NO].
WE DECENT WANT YOUR NAZI HATE.
>> UF STUDENTS NEVER IMAGINED
SEEING THIS TYPE OF CONTROVERSY
ON CAMPUS.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY SCARY SEE THE
HELICOPTERS AND DRONES.
THE OVERFAST IS ALSO GIVING IT A
FEEL OF LIKE IN-PENDING DUMES. I
THINK EVERYONE IS SCARED AND ON
AGE.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE
LIVING IN A TIME WHERE SPEAKING
VALUES OF HATE
>> ONE SPENCER REPORTER DOESN'T
SEE IT THAT WAY.
ARE YOU A RACIST?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
IF IT MEANS THAT I WORK FOR THE
WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MY
PEOPLE, THE ONLY THIN WITH MY
RACE.
>> WELL FORTUNATELY THERE WERE
ENOUGH POLICE ON CAMPUS TO KEEP
SQUIRM ESHING
SQUIRMESHES TO THE GROUP TO A
MINERAL.
>> ERIK, DID THE PEOPLE YOU
TALKED TO TODAY HELP TO KEEP
THINGS CALM?
>> YEAH MOST PEOPLE I TALKED TO
SAY THAT WAS THE FACT.
WE WERE AT A GATE HERE WHEN THE
CLOUD WAS LETTING OUT AT THE
EVENT AND THERE WAS A POINT
WHERE WE WERE WRITING BETWEEN
PROTESTERS AND THE POLICE ALL
LINED UP.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THE POLICE
OFFICERS WERE PROTECTIVE OF THE
SUPPORTERS FROM BASICALLY BEING
ATTACKED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE
PROTESTERS WHO OBVIOUSLY WANTED
TO CROSS THAT LINE
>> ALL RIGHT, ERIK AVANIER
REPORTING LIVE IN GAINESVILLE.
>> THE PROTEST FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HAS
REMAINED THE NUMBER ONE STORY
TODAY ON WWW.NEWS4JAX.COM.
THE STORY ALSO GENERATED
HUNDREDS OF REACTIONS AND
COMMENTS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
MARY IS STANDING BY ON WHAT HAD
YOU HAD TO SAY?
>> Reporter: MARY, WE HAVE SEEN
MANY IN SUPPORT OF RICHARD
SPENCER AND MANY NOT.
I LOVE TO SEE HOW ONE MAN
CONTROLS THE MASSES.
THE BEST WAY TO RESPONSE RESPOND
TO PERSON.
DROWNED HIM OUT.
THEY HAVE FREE SPEECH.
THEY DIDN'T RENT IT.
AND THERE IS JAKE KESSLER WHO
ADDRESSED THE PROTESTERS SAYING
QUOTE I DON'T SEE THE POINT IN
PROTESTING ANYTHING THAT I DON'T
SUPPORT.
DO THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANYONE'S
MIND?
YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO
CHANGE HIS MIND OR HIS
SUPPORTERS
>> YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THE
DISCUSSION, THAT'S
WWW.NEWS4JAX.COM.
>> MARY, THANKS.
2500 DEMONSTRATORS ON CAMPUS AND
TWO ARRESTS.
AN ORLANDO MANNED THAT WAS HIRED
AS A SECURITY GUARD.
SEAN BRIJMOHAN WAS ARRESTED ON
THE CHARGE OF CARRYING A FIREARM
ON STEVEN PROPERTY.
DAVID NOTTE WAS CHARGED AND
ARRESTED.
>> CROWD VOTE OF SUPPORTERS A
DEMONSTRATORS INSIDE THE UF
PHILLIPS CENTER TODAY.
VIC MICOLUCCI IS LIVE.
>> HAD HOURS FOR THIS SPEECH,
BUT ONLY DID AN HOUR AND A HALF.
THE AUDIENCE CAUSED A RUCUS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO
DO.
THEY WERE CHANTING, GO HOME
RICHARD, YOU'RE NOT WELCOME
HERE.
WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOU.
SOMETIMES THE VOICE WAS SO LOUD
THAT HE DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY.
>> DID HIS WORDS HURT?
>> NO.
IT WAS, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO
MAKE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION, BUT
IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME.
YOU KNOW I WENT IN WITH A CLEAR
MIND AND OPEN EARS.
>> I WAS HERE, COULD NOT WHAT
THEY WERE SAYING.
HEEM WHO HAVE HORRIBLY MISS
CONSTRUED IDEA OF THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
>> WE SAW AT LEAST ONE WOMAN GET
REMOVED FOR A CONFRONTATION WITH
NA
NATIONALISTS BORDER.
THERE IS HUGE CONTROVERSY.
A FEW PUNCHES WERE THROWN.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICERS HAD
TOSS SEPARATE SOME PEOPLE.
ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORTERS FOR
RICHARD SPENCER.
I TRIED TO SPEAK WITH THEM ON
CAMERA.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO GIVE THEIR
FACES OR THEIR NAME.
REPORTING IN GAINVILLE, ERIK
AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL