I find it to be a poor excuse tbh Isn't Charlottesville a college town where not even a fart goes by without the University making a decision on it? They literally just let a Nazi rally happen on account of them willing to allow 'discourse' and free speech.
The only part of the rally that took place on campus grounds was the tiki torch march, which to my knowledge only happened there because it wasn't announced and secretly planned. The permit given for the main rally which took place in the park where the Robert E. Lee statue was removed and another park after was given by the city council, who also conspicuously choose to not ban weapons at it despite recommendation by the VA secretary of public safety. The university to their credit had everyone stay away from campus nearby. Disclosure that this is what I was told from family who lives there.
Technically the rally was in the city surrounding it
I find it to be a poor excuse tbh Isn't Charlottesville a college town where not even a fart goes by without the University making a decision on it? They literally just let a Nazi rally happen on account of them willing to allow 'discourse' and free speech.
The only part of the rally that took place on campus grounds was the tiki torch march, which to my knowledge only happened there because it wasn't announced and secretly planned. The permit given for the main rally which took place in the park where the Robert E. Lee statue was removed and another park after was given by the city council, who also conspicuously choose to not ban weapons at it despite recommendation by the VA secretary of public safety. The university to their credit had everyone stay away from campus nearby. Disclosure that this is what I was told from family who lives there.