UT Austin Says Planned Mock Mass Shooting Protest Would Be Trespassing
Looks like they'd better cancel this BS protest...
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b]UT Austin Says Planned Mock Mass Shooting Protest Would Be Trespassing
The University of Texas at Austin issued a response late Wednesday to reports of an Saturday protest planned by open-carry activists for its campus, warning the group that such activity could be considered trespassing.
The Open Carry Walk and Crisis Performance Event would employ actors "shot" by fake shooters with cardboard weapons who would bleed fake blood, as well as use the sounds of gunshots via a bullhorn, according to initial reports.
UT Austin spokesperson J.B. Bird said Wednesday night in a statement that the university was aware of the media reports. Bird said university property was not "open to outside groups for assembly, speech, or other activities, including theatrical performances," although university staff and students could engage in those activities on campus.
He said outside groups such as the Westboro Baptist Church have asked to use the school's facilities for protests in the past but have been turned away.
"We suggest that any outside organizations planning such events on campus relocate them to other space where they would be allowed," Bird said.
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