The White Lives Matter rally, which was advertised via social media, was one of several such demonstrations scheduled across the country Sunday. The rallies were organized through the messaging app Telegram, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
As per the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the slogan ‘White Lives Matter’ has been promoted by white supremacist groups since 2015 as ‘a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement’. In 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated the ‘White Lives Matter’ movement as a hate group.
So far the white supremacy rally in Huntington Beach is only BLM assholes chanting ACAB.
Y'all really think the KKK is going down there today? Seems unlikely, but we'll see I suppose.
They’ll say that they scared White people from showing up at the White Lives Matter rally and call it a win against White supremacy and fascism. Meanwhile white people are all home living in peace, taking family to church, feasting like a king and grilling meat.
Huntington Beach police and Orange County sheriff's officials are out in force on Sunday to keep the peace in the event of a potential square-off between attendees at a planned "White Lives Matter"rally and counter-protesters.
The Huntington Beach Police Department has declared an unlawful assembly in the area of Fifth Street and Walnut Avenue, in order to disperse an unruly crowd.
More than 100 demonstrators, some with the Black Lives Matter movement, assembled at the city's pier.
Police would not provide specifics about their plans to monitor the rally, other than to say "increased staffing of public safety personnel" is expected.
Four arrests have been reported so far at the anti-racist rally at the Huntington Beach Pier.
Various White Lives Matter Rallies planned in cities across the US have reportedly flopped after hardly anyone turned up aside from counter-protesters.
These rallies marked the first significant organising efforts by white supremacists since 2018, and had been planned via the encrypted app Telegram.
As reported by NBC News, the organisers boldly advertised the events as being capable of making ‘the whole world tremble’. However, the reality appears to have fallen more than just a little bit short of the hype.
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Footage from Orange County, California shows the rally attendees being vastly outnumbered by crowds of counter-protesters, many of whom could be heard chanting ‘go home Nazis’.
In this footage, captured by news site Left Coast Right Watch, three marchers could be seen being chased away from the scene by large numbers of those who opposed their white supremacist views.
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, anti fascist activist Gwen Snyder tweeted pictures of a ‘Philly pizza party picnic’ held by activists near City Hall in Dilworth Plaza, where a White Lives Matter rally had been planned. However, as per Snyder, the rally attendees turned out to be ‘no shows’.
Over in New York City, independent journalist Scooter Caster tweeted footage taken from outside Trump Tower which showed ‘only a small counter protest’ gathering on April 11. A rally had been planned, but there no signs could be seen of it.
New Mexico In Depth reporter Bella Davis tweeted footage of a ‘couple hundred counter protesters’ gathering in Albuquerque ahead of a planned rally, carrying anti-fascist signs and chanting, ‘f*ck the Proud Boys’.
Davis tweeted:
Proud Boys rally is supposed to be starting now but there’s just this one guy. The back of his sign says ‘all guns matter’ and he has three kids with him.
As reported by Davis, Police had to then form a circle around the lone protester to separate him from the far larger crowd of counter protesters.
