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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 11:08 PM Jan 2019

White nationalists plan Stone Mountain rally Super Bowl weekend

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution



Photo: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AJC LOCAL IN-DEPTH: STONE MOUNTAIN RALLY 6 hours ago
By Chris Joyner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A group of white nationalists and white supremacists are moving ahead with plans to hold a “pro-white” rally at Stone Mountain on the Saturday before the Super Bowl despite being denied an official permit.

. . .

The organizers behind the planned rally are the same people who attempted to stage a “white power” rally in 2016 called “Rock Stone Mountain.” Only about two dozen white supremacists showed up, but they drew hundreds of counter demonstrators, some of whom clashed with police for hours until officials shut down the park.

The Stone Mountain Memorial Association, the state body that governs the park, referenced the 2016 rally in November as its grounds for denying Rock Stone Mountain organizers a permit to gather. Weaver said he and his fellow organizers, who include members of the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, believe the denial violates their First Amendment rights, but he said they have been unable to find an attorney to take their case.

. . .

Weaver, whose given name is Michael Carothers, pleaded guilty in 2011 to aggravated assault after he pepper sprayed a black man in Columbus. As part of his sentence, Weaver was banished from the six-county Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/white-nationalists-plan-stone-mountain-rally-super-bowl-weekend/rXxCxQF5OKYm9XIh1UWMHM/



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Michael Weaver (Michael Carothers) (On the right)



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White nationalists plan Stone Mountain rally Super Bowl weekend (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2019 OP
Oh crap......Stone Mountain was one of my most favorite purses....... a kennedy Jan 2019 #1
Isn't that a japanese made rav 4? DorothyG Jan 2019 #5
I'm embarrassed I went there not knowing it was a symbol of white supremacy in 1996. kimbutgar Jan 2019 #2
I thought the master race would be taller. nt More_Cowbell Jan 2019 #3
This master race is porkier than the last master race. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #8
Does the military have any new weapons that need testing? Takket Jan 2019 #4
That hand gesture is the stupidest thing I've seen... llmart Jan 2019 #6
In some cultures, that is the symbol for "asshole", so it's appropriate. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #12
In others, I believe it's an offer of fellatio. forgotmylogin Jan 2019 #15
They're too stupid to know anything about other cultures. llmart Jan 2019 #17
LOL - I didn't know that. How appropriate. llmart Jan 2019 #16
Maybe we'll be lucky and they will all slip accidently and tumble down the sides of the ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #7
These are dangerous people. Keep your kids away!! riversedge Jan 2019 #9
Awwww, you mean those Covington Catholic schoolboys won't be guests of honor? Paladin Jan 2019 #10
Eagerly awaiting someone to proclaim it's "just a harmless 'okay' gesture". NurseJackie Jan 2019 #11
Also waiting for someone to say it's just the symbol for a three point shot in basketball... Raster Jan 2019 #13
The ACLU will send them a lawyer Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #14

kimbutgar

(20,871 posts)
2. I'm embarrassed I went there not knowing it was a symbol of white supremacy in 1996.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 11:43 PM
Jan 2019

I have a spoon holder souvenir from there I keep in my kitchen. It makes me chuckle.

llmart

(15,499 posts)
6. That hand gesture is the stupidest thing I've seen...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:39 AM
Jan 2019

outside of their ugly faces.

I'm sure they'll be playing Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" at Stone Mountain. I've been to Georgia many times in the '80's, but thankfully never got to Stone Mountain, but I remember they used to play that on July 4th.

SWBTATTReg

(21,856 posts)
7. Maybe we'll be lucky and they will all slip accidently and tumble down the sides of the ...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:48 AM
Jan 2019

mountain...wouldn't bother me one bit. And you are right, the stupid little thing/gesture w/ the fingers is stupid and obviously racist. So anyone else caught using this symbol and then later denies it (that the use of this gesture isn't racist), we have evidence and proof that it is, in fact is.

What are these people? Grade school dropouts who work at the junkyard?

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
10. Awwww, you mean those Covington Catholic schoolboys won't be guests of honor?
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:33 AM
Jan 2019

Hell, Kentucky isn't that far away......

Raster

(20,996 posts)
13. Also waiting for someone to say it's just the symbol for a three point shot in basketball...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:26 AM
Jan 2019

...which it could be if they were on a court playing basketball, which they are not.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
14. The ACLU will send them a lawyer
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:57 AM
Jan 2019

if they feel it is a 1st Amendment rights case. That is what they do no matter who it is. And I agree with them, the ACLU, not these bozos.

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