On the morning of July 25, at least seven pickup trucks decorated with Confederate flags were driving around the area when they passed by a family party with about 30 people, including small children, on private property in Douglasville, a small town just west of Atlanta.

The convoy drove across the property where the party was being held and parked nearby. Witnesses told the SPLC that men got out of their trucks, brandished weapons and yelled racial slurs and threats. According to the witnesses, a few people yelled “fuck y’all niggers” and “shoot ‘em.” When someone from the party said, “There are kids here,” a person from the convoy yelled, “We’ll shoot those bastards, too.”


Christopher Harvey, a guest at the party, said people were grilling and having fun when the convoy appeared. “This event has really terrorized the whole community,” he said. “There is nothing that can justify what they did.”

After the incident, one of Respect the Flag’s sympathizers posted this message on Facebook: “Trust me the last thing you want is a bunch of pissed off rednecks in jacked up trucks and Confederate flags flying to mess up that pretty lawn…. Keep fucking with our flag!!!!!!!”