"The Clown Panic of 2016 started in an apartment complex in South Carolina and fanned out across the country – just today schools in suburban Cincinnati were closed after a report of a clown attack.
Civil liberties like clowning are always tenuous in a panic, but Auburn University has confirmed that it won’t crack down on harlequinned students following its own clown scare.
As Reason reported last week, Auburn’s Department of Public Safety sent a campus alert saying it and the municipal police had “received a few reports of people dressed in clown costumes on campus,” as well as social media posts “that suggested the same”:We have seen similar reports of clown sightings at other universities and towns across the State of Alabama and the Southeast. …
We also had a report of students walking around looking for people dressed as clowns. For your safety, we strongly encourage you to leave this job to Auburn Police. Please use good judgment and avoid wearing clown masks, as it could be perceived as a hazard or threat to others.
Police still haven’t tracked down any bozos, and campus authorities don’t know of “any additional clown sightings” since the bulletin went out, spokesperson Mike Clardy told The Fix in an email.
...“Students were encouraged to use good judgment, for their own safety and the safety of others, due to widespread threats and concerns involving clowns throughout the state,” Clardy said..."
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