What a mess! Black Lives Matter, KKK, National Socialists Movement and police entwined in a sprawling brawl in the south, where civil rights wars were first fought. Get ready for the blood bath, folks. This is just the beginning.
The Daily Mail: Not one, but two white supremacist rallies took place in north Georgia this Saturday. A group of about 30 ‘pro-white’ rally participants were at Stone Mountain Park to attend the Rock Stone Mountain rally on Saturday. While a pro-right rally including National Socialist Movement and Ku Klux Klan took place 70 miles north in Rome. Both rallies were timed to coincide with Confederate Memorial Day, which takes place on Monday. Roughly 300 counter-protesters showed up at Stone Mountain and chanted ‘Hey hey, ho, ho the KKK has got to go’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’. Counter-protesters attempted to fight police who were trying to block them from reaching the white power group. The exchange erupted in violence as the counter-protesters threw rocks and fireworks toward the barricades and emptied trash cans.
White supremacists and BLM (and other groups) clash at Confederate Memorial Day In the south.
Not one, but two white supremacist rallies took place in north Georgia this Saturday.
Pro-white rights organizations including the National Socialist Movement, Aryan Nations and Ku Klu Klan groups in full garb participated in a ‘free speech’ rally in Rome, Georgia,
While 70 miles south of Rome, another ‘white power’ rally turned violent as counter-protesters clashed with police who attempted to block them at the popular Stone Mountain park.
Aiming to appear more mainstream, organizers of the Stone Mountain park rally say they will avoid Klan robes and other garb at the event.
Both rallies were timed to coincide with Confederate Memorial Day, which takes place on Monday.
Organizers say it is rare for two events to occur simultaneously in the same area and it is also rare for rallies to brazenly advertise their racial agenda, says the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
At least nine people were arrested after they allegedly fought with police in an attempt to attend the Rock Stone Mountain rally in the Yellow Daisy lot at the DeKalb County park, according to the AJC.
But a group of about 300 counter-protesters at Stone Mountain could be heard chanting, ‘Hey hey, ho ho, the KKK has got to go’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’ as they wanted to protest the group of about 30 ‘pro-white’ rally participants.
Organizers for the event initially told park officials that members of the Ku Klux Klans, Aryan Nation sects and other white nationalist organizations would attend the event that was part of a ‘push-back against the momentum for removing the Confederate Flag from state and city properties, the Atlanta Daily World reported.
White supremacists and BLM (and other groups) clash at Confederate Memorial Day In the south.
At least nine people were arrested after they allegedly fought with police in an attempt to attend the Rock Stone Mountain rally in the Yellow Daisy lot at the DeKalb County park, according to the AJC.
But a group of about 300 counter-protesters at Stone Mountain could be heard chanting, ‘Hey hey, ho ho, the KKK has got to go’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’ as they wanted to protest the group of about 30 ‘pro-white’ rally participants.
White supremacists and BLM (and other groups) clash at Confederate Memorial Day In the south.
Organizers for the event initially told park officials that members of the Ku Klux Klans, Aryan Nation sects and other white nationalist organizations would attend the event that was part of a ‘push-back against the momentum for removing the Confederate Flag from state and city properties, the Atlanta Daily World reported.
White supremacists and BLM (and other groups) clash at Confederate Memorial Day In the south.