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Dayton: Officials Fear Town Becoming a New C'ville Ahead of Rally Saturday by Group Tied to KKK
https://www.theroot.com/dayton-ohio-fears-becoming-a-new-charlottesville-ahea-1834994500Dayton, Ohio Officials Fear Town Becoming a New Charlottesville Ahead of Rally Saturday by Group Tied to the Ku Klux Klan
An offshoot of the homegrown terror group the Ku Klux Klan is headed to the city of Dayton, Ohio, to rally Saturday, and city officials are urging folks to stay away, concerned they’ll have another Charlottesville on their hands.
Charlottesville, Va., was the site of a violent clash two years ago between white supremacists and counter-protesters. A white supremacist mowed down and killed counter-protester Heather Heyer amid the chaos. Another group of supremacists brutally beat a black man, DeAndre Harris, in a parking garage.
Dayton officials tried but failed to stop the KKK-affiliated Honorable Sacred Knights of Indiana from rallying, suing the group, citing the group’s admission that its members plan to carry weapons during the event, The Hill reports.
With the rally apparently inevitable, Dayton’s mayor is urging people to stay away.
“This hate group that is coming in from outside our community want[s] to incite problems in our community, and we want to stop that from happening,” Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said in an interview Thursday, Newsweek reported. “We really don’t want people to go downtown, because that’s what this hate group wants and we don’t want to give this hate group what they want.”
More at link (above).
An offshoot of the homegrown terror group the Ku Klux Klan is headed to the city of Dayton, Ohio, to rally Saturday, and city officials are urging folks to stay away, concerned they’ll have another Charlottesville on their hands.
Charlottesville, Va., was the site of a violent clash two years ago between white supremacists and counter-protesters. A white supremacist mowed down and killed counter-protester Heather Heyer amid the chaos. Another group of supremacists brutally beat a black man, DeAndre Harris, in a parking garage.
Dayton officials tried but failed to stop the KKK-affiliated Honorable Sacred Knights of Indiana from rallying, suing the group, citing the group’s admission that its members plan to carry weapons during the event, The Hill reports.
With the rally apparently inevitable, Dayton’s mayor is urging people to stay away.
“This hate group that is coming in from outside our community want[s] to incite problems in our community, and we want to stop that from happening,” Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said in an interview Thursday, Newsweek reported. “We really don’t want people to go downtown, because that’s what this hate group wants and we don’t want to give this hate group what they want.”
More at link (above).