“He Will Not Divide Us,” the four-year live stream spearheaded by Shia LaBeouf, has encountered trouble within its first week. Neo-Nazis and Trump supporters have attempted to disrupt the participatory performance, located outside of New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, by shouting Nazi slogans into the always-on camera. LaBeouf himself was arrested and released following an altercation at the live stream. While it’s unclear which altercation that might be, multiple videos have appeared online of participants provoking LaBeouf by praising Adolf Hitler and shouting Nazi slogans.

In response to these incidents, which The Museum of the Moving Image calls hate speech, the institution will be working with police to observe the exhibit. “As…

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