Confederate Rally In Richmond, Va. Scheduled to Continue…
Richmond Dispatch:
Out-of-state organizers of a rally to show support for Confederate monuments slated for Saturday say they don’t know how many people to expect.
Tara Brandau, a Florida resident who identifies with militia groups, told reporters at a press conference on the sidewalk along Bank Street in front of the Virginia Capitol on Friday that responses to a Facebook event page is their only gauge.
“It says in the event page 70-something coming, 400 and something interested and there’s over 400 shares,” she said. “You can’t go by that. Anybody could show up with all the media. I cannot tell you a number.”
Brandau and her co-organizers, Thomas and Judy Crompton, leaders of the Tennessee-based group New Confederate States of America, once again stressed that they are not affiliated with racist groups and are planning a peaceful rally.
“We’re here to stand up with the Virginia residents who have requested our assistance here,” Brandau said. She did not respond to questions about who specifically asked the group to come.
The group was briefly confronted by Jessica Lawrence, a 37-year-old Richmond resident, who began shouting, “You’re not welcome here.”
“I just happened to be driving by,” Lawrence said. “They’re not welcome here, especially after Heather Heyer was killed just a short while ago. They’re trying to incite violence in my city.”
Monument Avenue closed as fencing goes up ahead of rally tomorrow pic.twitter.com/kjuLOv2NSs
— Ned Oliver (@nedoliver) September 15, 2017
Lawrence said she is planning to join the Justice Rally that will march from the Maggie Walker (who promoted usury) monument on Saturday to the General Robert E. Lee statue to counter-protest the rally. That event is called the “Richmond Stands United For Racial Justice Rally!”
Three members from the group organizing the rally arrived in Richmond last night, Joe Macenka, public information officer for the Virginia Capitol Police, said.
According to the Facebook post for the rally, roughly 50 protestors are expected to attend.
The event is being promoted on Facebook, as the “Protect the General Robert E. Lee Monument Rally.”
No parking signs were posted on Monument Avenue and Macenka said that cars were about to be towed out of the area.
The temporary parking restrictions will begin at 9 a.m. Friday and end at 11 p.m. Saturday.
I hope they are all legally armed, and willing to defend themselves if violently attacked. That’s how to stop the communists and black savages from violating their Constitutional Rights…