2017 Auburn Riot

The 2017 Auburn riot describes a minor disturbance involving three arrests that resulted from the appearance of Richard B. Spencer, an alt-right speaker, at Auburn University.
Background
The university originally planned on cancelling Spencer's speech, saying that it presented a danger to the students and facility. However, a judge ruled that Spencer was protected to speak under the 1st Amendment Spencer wrote in response that it "was on", on his personal Twitter account, encouraging alt-right members to attend. It was reported that multiple signs were posted warning students not to attend protests, due to the risk of violence from far-left protestors. The speech blasted ethnic diversity in society.
Protests
A large crowd of people begun at around 6:30 PM to protest the speech, along with multiple arrests and injuries. By 8:00 PM, a "massive crowd" begun to form, with the count unknown.
Supporters and ANTIFA members begun to verbally get into shouting matches with each other, which lead to small-scale fighting.
Attendence
During the speech, it was reported that the 400 seats were nearly full.
Spencer remarked that it was a "great victory for the alt-right". <ref name=":1" />
Related
* 2017 Berkeley Protests

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