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20. Hundreds in Dayton to counter 9 KKK members at rally

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Sat May 25, 2019, 03:50 PM

May 2019

Published: Saturday, May 25, 2019 @ 12:16 AM
Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2019 @ 2:23 PM
By: Chris Stewart, Cornelius Frolik

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 2:25 p.m.:

The nine members of the Ku Klux Klan group conducting a rally in downtown Dayton that drew hundreds to counter protest their presence have done little talking during the first hour ...

A Church of God group from Greenville came to downtown Dayton and sang Amazing Grace over speakers to drown out what speakers for a Ku Klux Klan group conducting a rally ...

Dayton City Commissioner Darryl Fairchild said ... “There is a great crowd of people down here on Main Street ... This is probably Dayton at its best” ...

One man .. carried a rifle and wore a red hat that says “Make racists afraid again.” He said he was because he worried that armed KKK supporters would try to terrorize minority community members. “I’m not here to shoot anybody, it’s an anti-facist statement,” he said ...

https://www.whio.com/news/local/today-kkk-rally-disrupt-services-test-dayton-unity-campaign/rbhb874czMR8DnxU1t2HXP/

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KKK Rally Today in Dayton [View all] Dirty Socialist May 2019 OP

You never know who's going to show up to these "parades". no_hypocrisy May 2019 #1

Rally anticipates 20 Klansmen, 1,000 protesters struggle4progress May 2019 #2

They pulled this shit on us in Pittsburgh in '97. Mc Mike May 2019 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #9

Bullshit backtoblue May 2019 #10

I listen to many sides about many issues. I'm not interested in the Klan's "side." cwydro May 2019 #11

The Mayor and Commission True Blue American May 2019 #5

Also, there are a ton of good people in the decentralized Black Lives Matter groups, but the NBBP is Mc Mike May 2019 #19

BTW, here's what Notre Dame did to the Klan, right around the time Friedrich tRump was Mc Mike May 2019 #4

Wish I were in Dayton today. The klan needs pushback. marble falls May 2019 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #7

is trump hurrying back to attend? spanone May 2019 #8

Post removed Post removed May 2019 #12

Wtf? cwydro May 2019 #13

The pizza truck is on its way... backtoblue May 2019 #14

Lol, thank you. I was frantically trying to figure out who was on MIRT! cwydro May 2019 #16

Most welcome backtoblue May 2019 #18

they love their moron-in-chief and his racist KKK supporters spanone May 2019 #15

ZOT! MIRT is on it irisblue May 2019 #17

Hundreds in Dayton to counter 9 KKK members at rally struggle4progress May 2019 #20

Outnumbered struggle4progress May 2019 #21

Your follow up posts are good news. Good for the US and Dayton. Mc Mike May 2019 #22