At 2:45pm, Cheyna Roth estimated 150 counter protesters had gathered at a parking lot at MSU.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Law enforcement blocked roads around the MSU pavilion ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
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Police officers on bikes in front of MSU Pavilion.
Kevin Lavery / WKAR-MSU
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Kevin Lavery / WKAR-MSU
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Line of Lansing police officers ahead of Richard Spencer's Event.
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Cheyna Roth
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Cheyna Roth
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Cheyna Roth
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Cheyna Roth
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Protesters gather in an MSU parking lot ahead of Richard Spencer's speech on March 5, 2018.
Cheyna Roth
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Law enforcement form lines ahead of Richard Spencer's speech.
Cheyna Roth
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Law enforcement form lines ahead of Richard Spencer's speech.
Cheyna Roth
This gallery displays protests before and during the speech of white nationalist Richard Spencer on the campus of Michigan State University on March 5, 2018.
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