‘White Lives Matter’ rallies fizzled. Hate groups still see chance to ‘fire up the base’ By Hayley Smith, Hannah Fry and Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
Published: April 19, 2021, 6:00am
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3 Photos Counterprotesters at a Cf uWhite Lives MatterCf`u rally in Huntington Beach, California, on Sunday, April 11, outnumbered white supremacists and their supporters. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Photo Gallery
LOS ANGELES When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a Huntington Beach rally, many counterprotesters viewed it as a victory.
“We’ve won the day,” Los Angeles activist Najee Ali said several hours into the protest. “They’re not going to show up. They’re vastly outnumbered. The community of Huntington Beach won.”
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When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a Huntington Beach rally, many counter-protesters viewed it as a victory.
“We’ve won the day,” Los Angeles activist Najee Ali said several hours into the protest. “They’re not going to show up. They’re vastly outnumbered. The community of Huntington Beach won.”
Yet those who track extremist movements say that the truth is more complex and troubling.
Infighting, disorganization and other factors could have prevented neo-Nazis and other extremists from showing up in the kind of force seen during the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.
White Lives Matter rallies fizzled. Hate groups still see chance to fire up the base Hayley Smith, Hannah Fry, Anita Chabria © (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Counter-protesters at a White Lives Matter rally in Huntington Beach on Sunday outnumbered white supremacists and their supporters. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a Huntington Beach rally, many counter-protesters viewed it as a victory. We’ve won the day, Los Angeles activist Najee Ali said several hours into the protest. “They’re not going to show up. They’re vastly outnumbered. The community of Huntington Beach won.”