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Right-Wing Extremist Kicked Out Of UMass Is Arrested For Hoax Bomb By BLM Sign Right-Wing Extremist Kicked Out Of UMass Is Arrested For Hoax Bomb By BLM Sign
Right-Wing Extremist Kicked Out Of UMass Is Arrested For Hoax Bomb By BLM Sign A local man who was kicked out of UMass Amherst last year for being racist was recently arrested after planting a fake bomb alongside a Black Lives Matter sign in New York. Louis Shenker, 22, who told police that he lives in Amherst, called Brooklyn Police around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, to arrange for his surrender, according to the Daily News. Shenker has also lived in  Longmeadow. Shenker may have filmed himself leaving the fake bomb. Shenker was expelled from UMass in 2018 after taunting participants of a rally against white supremacy, racism, and Donald Trump, according to a l…

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