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7_Sorrows
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Yes they organized it and got the permit and met with officials 2 weeks before theThe white supremecist groups organized the gathering, and they were not secretive about it. It was never implied that it was organized by some local benevolent Friends of Our Old Bronze Statues group.
There was no way anyone at that protest was unaware who was organizing it, either. Let’s not imply that anybody showed up with an “oh, I had* no idea* what sort of people were behind this pro-statue rally!” Someone would have to be monumentally thick to get themselves in that position or just not care what sort of political bedfellows they were making.
rally in order to have a plan to try to prevent the events that unfolded.
The police failed to keep the counter protesters apart from the ones who had the
permit to rally.