Associated Press Police move in after fights break out during Georgia protest

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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — After several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that's home to a giant Confederate memorial, large numbers of police moved in to disperse the crowds when fights broke out.

Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military gear, gathered in downtown Stone Mountain where they faced off against a few hundred counterprotesters, many of whom wore shirts or carried signs expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. People in both groups carried rifles. For several hours, there was little visible police presence and things were largely peaceful, aside from some shoving and pushing and spirited arguments.

But just before 1 p.m., fights broke out, with people punching and kicking each other and throwing rocks. That's when police officers in riot gear moved in to disperse the crowds.

By 2 p.m., almost all of the protesters had left the area.

Right-wing groups led by an Arkansas group called Confederate States III%, had applied for a permit to hold a rally in Stone Mountain Park, where there's a giant sculpture of Confederate leaders. The event was planned as a response to a march in the park by a Black militia group on July 4.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-move-fights-break-during-184344323.html

[Hoyt]

1. It really ought to be a crime to carry gunz, weapons to a protest like this, no matter

which side one is on.

[Mopar151]

2. The 1st amendment recognizes peaceful gatherings

Packing heat likely precludes any premise of "peaceful assembly".

[Mopar151]

3. How much tear gas was used on the "Confederates"?

How many rubber bullets? How many "pepper pellet" rounds? How much pepper spray?

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. This AND, I think you meant "traitor lovers"

[Mopar151]

5. Trying to be nice

Confederate and Traitor are synonymous, at least in the USA.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. With me, they are. Unfortunately, I live in an area where the era is honored.

[Mopar151]

7. Has any KKK, "Milita", Tea Party, or other racist group ever been tear gassed?

someone here wrote, at the time of the Charlottesville debacle: "When peaceful protesters are across the street from the cops, the racists are always standing on the cop's side of the street!"

[Beartracks]

8. The AP has its own police??

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