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“Going forward, the city is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion,” Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said in a phone interview Monday. “We are taking steps to make sure that all voices are heard. It’s going to be something that we need to work on consistently, and it’s going to take time. We are doing that healing process right now.”
Though the scene was largely peaceful, small skirmishes broke out throughout the crowd. Most of the nearly 500 people in attendance were supporting an anti-racism counter-protest organized by Tory Johnson, the founder of local grassroots organization Black Lives Matter Huntington Beach.