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Racially-Charged Materials Distributed On Two Ohio College Campuses

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published November 7, 2019 at 5:47 AM EST

Campus police are investigating the distribution of racially-charged stickers and fliers at Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio State universities over the weekend.

The materials come from the white supremacist group called Patriot Front. Fliers and other paraphernalia from the group have been spotted on other college campuses around the country. OSU and Ohio Wesleyan have removed the materials.

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Jim Letizia

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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