Demonstrators in San Francisco Denounce White Supremacy
Source: NBC News
Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco on Saturday to rebuke white supremacy and request a name change at Justin Herman Plaza.
The event comes on the heels of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and just one week before a San Francisco rally that is expected to draw "alt-right" figures and counter-protesters at Crissy Field.
Many of those in attendance on Saturday chose to fight back against racist rhetoric cropping up across the country.
"We are here to answer the call by the movement for black lives, for anti- racists," Jennifer Raviv with Showing Up for Racial Justice — San Francisco said. "Especially white folks, it's time to show up and say we reject white supremacist terror."
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