Bray blocked from leaving US after Newark flight canceled

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University historian who has written and taught about antifascism, said he and his family were prevented from leaving the United States for Spain on Wednesday night when their airline reservations were abruptly canceled at the boarding gate at Newark Liberty International Airport. Bray said the family had checked their bags and passed through security before being told their reservations disappeared; the airline later rebooked them for a flight the following evening.

Bray has said he decided to relocate to Europe after receiving multiple death threats and the online publication of his home address in the weeks following the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. He told reporters he will continue teaching his course on terrorism and antifascism remotely while he and his wife and two children are abroad. Bray has also said he has never been a member of an antifascist organization, and described the current controversy as an effort to portray him as doing what he has only researched.

The incident follows a series of online attacks and campus activism directed at Bray. A student chapter of Turning Point USA circulated a petition calling for...