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Post-election protest at US varsity over Obama victory escalates

A University Police Department officer leads a protester away from a public disturbance on the campus of the University of Mississippi [Photo:Courtesy]

 

A protest at the University of Mississippi against the re-election of President Barack Obama grew into crowd of about 400 people with shouted racial slurs as rumors of a riot spread on social media.

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