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New Orleans, no white supremacists showed up-- Thousands Protest White Supremacy In New Orleans
Thousands Protest White Supremacy In New Orleans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-protest-white-supremacy-orleans-024335279.html
David Lohr
HuffPost•August 19, 2017
Demonstrators protesting racism and white supremacy marched from Congo Square to Jackson Square in New Orleans on Saturday.
NEW ORLEANS ― Chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” echoed throughout the French Quarter on Saturday as thousands of people marched in a peaceful ― but loud ― protest against racism and white supremacy.
Under the scorching August sun, the demonstrators marched from Congo Square to Jackson Square, starting at 1 p.m. local time. They were led by Malcolm Suber, a New Orleans activist and member of the group Take Em Down NOLA, which advocates for the removal of racist symbols and monuments.
Suber told HuffPost the rally was organized for two reasons. “This is our solidarity with the people in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as a notice to our local leaders that we want all statues dedicated to white supremacists taken down,” he said.
On Aug. 12, a driver plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 other people protesting white supremacists who were rallying in the city.
Watch Suber speak during Saturday’s protest in New Orleans, below.
The New Orleans march was one of hundreds of rallies that took place across the country to commemorate Heyer and show opposition to white supremacists. On the same day, tens of thousands of demonstrators showed up to protest a so-called “free speech rally” in Boston, forcing the rally to end earlier than scheduled.
Although dozens of law enforcement officers were on hand in New Orleans, no white supremacists showed up, and police did not make arrests this time, a New Orleans Police Department officer told HuffPost.......................................
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and fugg up their resumes. 
Thank you, irisblue. 
