Still looking for that “Kent State” incident.
These days “protesters” is news speak for militia. So, first thing I ask is which militia?
When my wife and I first moved to Georgia 35 years ago. We would occasionally have KKK fliers left on our windshield to join their rallies....
Stone Mountain was one of their favorite gathering spots...
Haven’t seen anything like it in over 30 years....
Usually, when you watched the news their gatherings were only 10-20 people.... hundreds would show up to counter protest and the cops had a small nightmare on their hands...
The cops probably didnt want to get shot by one of those idiots.
Plus their black, so they get a free ride, again.
Exactly. They didn't seem to have a problem with that.
Keep your powder dry
Oh noes those deadly right wing militias. Rioting and looting and burning down buildings. Yeh.
Chris Hill’s militia group, Georgia Security Force III%, has retreated to the Stone Mountain Library after being outnumbered and surrounded by jeering counterprotesters.
Police presence at Stone Mountain park has been heavy, but few law enforcement officers were visible in the city of Stone Mountain where militia and counterprotesters confronted one another in tense exchanges.
Gerald Griggs, first vice president of the Atlanta NAACP, said he hoped the rally would remain peaceful and was happy that the crowd was so lopsided in favor of the counter demonstrators.”There are a lot more individuals representing the true American nature here,” he said.
At the Stone Mountain Welcome Center, apart from the clashing protesters, 200 people gathered to listen to Richard Rose of the Atlanta NAACP.
If “that” was a “right-wing counter-protest” then it was a very SAD example. A bunch of older white guys dressed up in camo carrying AR15s ... and when the teenager in a T-shirt moved toward him he moved back. They all retreated until they were left standing on the side of the street watching the BLM protesters stream past them. Either you are serious or you are not ... these people were not serious and were made to look like old fools.
Police coordination and involvement in Saturday’s protests appears dramatically different from previous attempts to keep the peace among far-right and far-left demonstrators.
Earlier confrontations were kept to a minimum by police barriers and lines that prevented the two sides from direct confrontation.
Saturday’s protests have been marked by scant police presence among the demonstrators, allowing the two sides to engage in pushing, shoving and other contact. Counterprotesters have snatched hats and Confederate flags from the outnumbered individuals challenging them.
In several instances, those seized items have been burned in the street.