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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:18 PM Jul 2018

White Civil Rights Rally' Approved For D.C. In August

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622144455/white-civil-rights-rally-approved-for-d-c-in-august?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

The National Park Service has approved an initial request for organizers to hold a second "Unite the Right" rally, this time across the street from the White House in August — one year after white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Va.

The park service has given initial approval to an application from Jason Kessler to hold a "white civil rights rally" on Aug. 11 and 12, as first reported by WUSA9. Kessler, along with white supremacist Richard Spencer and others, organized the 2017 rally, during which a woman was killed. The park service has not yet issued a permit for the event.

The rally in Charlottesville last year drew hundreds of white nationalists and supporters who faced off in clashes with counterprotesters. A self-described neo-Nazi drove a car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others.

President Trump drew fierce backlash after blaming "many sides" for the violence. Protesters came out in cities across the country the day after his remarks to condemn white supremacists...more
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brush

(53,467 posts)
11. It'll be a field day for all the BBQ Beckys and Permit Pattys out there.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 04:02 PM
Jul 2018

And all the white nationalists in the White House (including inexplicably, Jewish Steven Miller) can watch from their office windows without donning their sheets and pointy hats to join the march.

Iggo

(47,486 posts)
4. No matter how many show up, it's gonna be the most successful civil rights march ever!
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:28 PM
Jul 2018

Just watch how fast white people get the full slate of civil rights.

I bet it'll be pert near immediate.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Oh joy, a KKK rally . . .
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:30 PM
Jul 2018


Wouldn't surprise me if shithole, administration, and GOPers don't show up, but then again, I could be wrong.

Locutusofborg

(524 posts)
8. I LOVE being able to hold Unite the Right
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:36 PM
Jul 2018

rallys over the heads of conservatives!
As for the rally itself, "the right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances" {shall not be abridged.}

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
10. sure would be a shame if there were a DC transit worker strike in mid-August
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:37 PM
Jul 2018

pure coincidence i'm sure, but very inconvenient for everyone involved. sad!

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