Drag Queen Storytime Kentucky said the group had been shown evidence that a White Lives Matter group would plan to travel to Kentucky to protest and scare guests.
Dozens gathered outside Fort Worth City Hall this afternoon in anticipation of a “White Lives Matter” rally, one of many occurring on the same day in nearly four dozen cities across the country. The vast majority of people in attendance in Fort Worth were there in opposition to the rally, which drew only a handful of
Antifacists have wrecked the plans of white supremacist groups on Telegram.
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2021-04-11 18:29:51 UTC
If you see any White Lives Matter events, marches, or rallies happening in your town on Sunday, you can be sure the Proud Boys are behind them.
How do we know that?
A group of antifascist infiltrators
found their way into private Telegram channels where these events were being organized and
On Sunday, April 11, White Lives Matter-themed rallies were supposed to have organically sprung up around the country. According to online flyers viewed by Mashable that were posted on a public Telegram channel, the marches were being billed as a March for White Lives and called on people to take a stand against the anti-white mob, media, [and] government. There are events scheduled across the country for the day s events.
Far-rightists plan to march this weekend in several cities, including Fort Worth, under the banner of “White Lives Matter,” a rallying cry regularly used by white nationalists and neo-Nazis in Texas and beyond.
Promoted on several Telegram channels, the rally’s supporters intend to protest outside Fort Worth City Hall and have asked supporters to put up “white lives matter” flyers “all over the place.”
The DFW Telegram channel administrators insisted that the rally wouldn’t include neo-Nazis or Klan supporters, but they still felt the need to warn participants to refrain from performing “roman salutes” or using “any ‘nazi’ symbols.”