Interest in two major protests opposed to Saturday’s right-wing “free speech” assembly in a Boston park has swelled in the aftermath of the deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia last weekend.
The “Boston Free Speech Rally” — organized by a coalition of groups calling themselves "libertarian" and "conservative" — has been on the books since late July and the protests were organized not long after by ANSWER Coalition Boston and the local chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM).
But since a group of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members took to the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia — ostensibly to protest the planned removal of a Confederate statue — the expected attendance by protesters has grown substantially.
Image: Black Lives Matter Protest
Black Lives Matter protesters march during the Inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington. Christopher Levy / Cal Sport Media via AP Images
“It went from a few hundred to well over 1,000 to now roughly 3,000 pretty quickly,” said ANSWER Coalition Boston organizer Nino Brown. “There are about 10,000 interested in our event, according to Facebook.”
Despite the charges, all are standing by their actions.
"Durham will not be targeted into submission. We are organized, we are strong, we are steadfast and we will keep fighting until white supremacy is torn down in this country and all around the world," Tran said.
There it is - They commit the felony, they destroy the property, and then they have the gall to claim that they "will not be targetted into submission". SMH. The only thing that was targetted in this entire incident was the statue you destroyed. All that followed is called the natural consequences of your personal decisions.
DBTrek wrote:There it is - They commit the felony, they destroy the property, and then they have the gall to claim that they "will not be targetted into submission". SMH. The only thing that was targetted in this entire incident was the statue you destroyed. All that followed is called the natural consequences of your personal decisions.
Speaker to Animals wrote:You best figure out what your purpose is in life or you risk dying at the end of a mislived life.
My purpose is to support my kids. Other than that, I don't have one, and never needed one.
A life cannot be "mis-lived", unless there's an objective or goal in mind for it. You either look back and think "yeah that was worth it", or you don't. I find it much more likely that I would be miserable at the end having NOT enjoyed myself as much as possible.
DBTrek wrote:There it is - They commit the felony, they destroy the property, and then they have the gall to claim that they "will not be targetted into submission". SMH. The only thing that was targetted in this entire incident was the statue you destroyed. All that followed is called the natural consequences of your personal decisions.
