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State of emergency declared in Florida county ahead of Richard Spencer speech
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday ahead of a scheduled speech at the University of Florida by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer.

The state of emergency for Florida’s Alachua County comes three days before controversial white supremacist Spencer is scheduled to speak at the school in Gainesville on Thursday, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

The Republican governor warned in an executive order “that the threat of potential emergency is imminent,” and that recent events involving Spencer often led to “civil unrest.”

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/16/state-emergency-declared-in-florida-county-ahead-white-nationalist-speech.html