Veronica Ramirez

A planned demonstration against a leader of the Black Lives Matters movement fell short of expectations for those who anticipated a protest. It didn't happen. No protestors showed up -- only supporters did. Veronica Ramirez has more in this Bobcat Update.

Last week it was announced that the co-founder of the twitter-hashtag-Black-Lives-matter-movement, would be speaking on March 28th at Texas State. Opal Tometi's planned appearance was met by some resistance. A flyer protesting the movement circulated on campus and was discussed on Twitter.
Though no one was identified as the responsible party for the flyer, it encouraged students who viewed the Black Lives Matter movement as dangerous and violent to join others who shared their views to protest against Tometi.
Anticipating protestors, the university police made sure the campus was secured. They didn't want anyone to be harmed or for the speaker to be disrupted.
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With police present, and students lining up to hear Tometi speak, there were no protestors to be found in or near the student center.
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One student says despite the protest rumors, he was looking forward to listening to Tometi whose message is sometimes misunderstood.
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Regardless of the concerns sparked by the flyer, it certainly didn't stop students from coming to support Tometi and the Black Lives Movement. For Bobcat Update, I'm Veronica Ramirez.