Posted on 06/18/2016 3:36:33 PM PDT by Kaslin
Protesters will start gathering near Donald Trump’s rally in Phoenix six hours before Saturday’s event is scheduled to begin. One group says it will offer biker escorts for Trump supporters in case anything gets out of hand.
A flyer for Lion’s Guard Arizona says it will be “providing a safe environment for Trump supporters this Saturday” at the Coliseum. Lion’s Guard members will be wearing American Flag bandanas “so supporters needing our assistance can easily find us.”
“We are a PEACEFUL group comprised of veterans and former law enforcement, as well as Trump supporters,” said a Lion’s Guard organizer via text message. “We are attending ONLY to escort Trump supporters into and out of the rally to their vehicles. We have been informed by DPS of our boundary and expectations.”
The flyer adds that “all bikers and non-bikers are welcome!”
Three Trump protesters were arrested outside Trump’s last Arizona rally in Fountain Hills in March.
Since then, demonstrations have been getting more aggressive. When supporters and protesters clashed in San Jose, Calif. earlier this month, some exchanged punches and one Trump supporter was egged.
"It's all about respecting people's right to demonstrate," said Mike Roberts, moderator of the "Protest Trump Arizona" Facebook page. "That violence isn't the right choice, and that really what we're doing is organizing and collectively rejecting hate."
Roberts, who owns the Scottsdale-based search engine optimization company SpyFu, says he doesn’t expect any problems from the biker group, and anticipates a family-friendly event.
“I think it's kind of intimidating to go to your first protest, a lot of people, it's going to be their first protest. Just go,” he said. “You can moderate how close you are to the action. You can do whatever level of participation you want.”
Protesters have been circulating a pledge of non-violence. They will gather at Encanto Park at 10 a.m. and either march or drive to the Coliseum at 1 p.m., Roberts said.
Lion’s Guard Arizona will meet at Encanto Park at 12:30 p.m.
The Trump event starts at 4 p.m. Doors open at 1.
The Department of Public Safety says "hundreds" of officers will be on hand at the event. DPS is restricting certain items inside the Coliseum.
“SpyFu”
omg, lolz..!
Nice!
...they are ANTI -Trump protesters....Jeez not Trump protesters
My bro just told me that it’s 109 in Phoenix right now. The Phoenix P.D. needs to block off all of the shady areas there. That will help cool off the “protester” situation.
I get the same thing; clicked “certain items” and got “404 not found”.
Because of the cut and paste here, the links are malformed. Click on the original article to access them.
I got a chance to see some of the protests on youtube ahead of the Trump rally. It got pretty heated at times.
Finally, some support to keep the foes of Freedom in Line.It will be peaceful—or else. BUT if it gets Violent the MSM will blame the “Bikers” and Trump.
From what I could tell the police were out in force so hopefully it will end without much fuss. I am sure that is not what the MSM is hoping for :)
Had seen the protesters. Not many protesters.
The need to provide the poor, hot protesters with a nice mist of cool water.
Say, at about 1200 psi.
Felony assault. It was far worse then a few "exchanged punches".
Downplaying their terrorism.
Hope the bikers make it real hot for them.
Sounds good to me. Also, I imagine most of them haven’t taken a bath in at least six month.
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