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A man holding a sign containing a racial slur was detained by Virginia Commonwealth University police after causing a stir on campus.

Tyler W. Lloyd, 27, of North Chesterfield, was arrested twice Thursday, according to VCU police. He was first arrested and charged with trespassing in the morning after refusing to leave campus when asked by police, saying Lloyd was disrupting university operations.

Lloyd returned to campus in the afternoon and was again arrested and charged with a second misdemeanor count of trespassing.

Lloyd is not a VCU student though he was enrolled in fall of 2015, police said. He studied English literature, according to his Facebook page.

VCU police officers were called to the “Compass,” a student commons-like area in front of the entrance to the James Branch Cabell Library, where the crowd surrounding Lloyd had grown to about 200 people.

“Police stood between the man and the crowd to maintain order and ensure safety,” VCU police said in a statement.

One officer told the crowd to try to ignore the man with the sign.