Updated 4/19/2021 2:27 PM Gary Lang, the owner of a McHenry car dealership, insisted Sunday a message that said criminals and new strains of COVID-19 are coming over the border that he displayed on his business' digital marquee last week was not racist, while also saying he was sorry many community members took it that way. The marquee message sparked backlash against his auto company on social media, and disappointed local activists who marched in downtown Historic Woodstock Square on Sunday to protest violence by police officers.
Organizers of the rally, which drew about 40 people, called Lang's message racist ahead of the event.