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VSU students booted from Trump rally may file lawuits

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ATLANTA – Some of the students who were booted from Monday’s Donald Trump rally at Valdosta State University met with a state senator Wednesday, and the American Civil Liberties Union says its looking into possible lawsuits.

Around 30 black students were asked to leave Trump’s VSU rally held at the school’s P.E. Complex. The students said they were ejected for “no reason,” but Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress has said the Trump campaign asked for the students removal due to disruptive behavior and vulgar language.

Some of the students spoke out against the incident during a press conference in Atlanta with State Senator Vincent Ford (D-Atlanta).

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The students allege local law enforcement and the Trump campaign trampled on their First Amendment Right to free speech by ejecting them from the event.

However, Childress said the Trump campaign rented the facility and were allowed to dictate who could come and go from the private, ticketed event.

“During that time that he rented it, he called the shots,” Childress said. “Do I agree with that? Well, it doesn’t matter what I think. That’s the law… If they are unhappy, they need to blame themselves not law enforcement. Our officers did an extraordinary job. The law is the law. It is his show, and he can decide who comes in and out of there.”

VSU student Quinten Sims said he was one of the students kicked out of the rally and that he was subjected to racial slurs as he left.

“We were treated like second-class citizens,” Sims said. “I don’t think anyone was afraid or was scared or anything like that.”

The ACLU said its looking into filing lawsuits on the student’s behalf.

VSU students were joined at the Wednesday press conference by students who said they were kicked out of a Hillary Clinton rally in Atlanta.

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