How a few dozen angry young white men, led by a Dallas teen, have caused headaches at universities across the state.
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How Texas Colleges Have Responded to the Hate Groups Behind All Those Racist Flyers
Records obtained by the Observer show a few dozen angry young white men, led by a teenager from the Dallas suburbs and emboldened by Trump, have caused an outsized disturbance with racist propaganda campaigns at universities across the state.
The flyers started at Texas State University the day after Trump was elected. It happened again and again throughout the state.
Many of the flyers bore the logo of Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi group led by Coppell native Thomas Rousseau. Patriot Front came out of a splintering of white supremacist and alt-right groups in the aftermath of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
From the 2014 story: "Despite the drama of the previous few moments—the surprise arrest, the emergency detention warrant alleging Sarah’s grave instability and having just seen her young son taken away—in video from inside the car Sarah appears calm. On the way to her court-ordered psychological evaluation and possible commitment, Sarah and the deputy pass the time with small talk.
'Have you been to Rusk before?' the officer asks her.
