‘White Lives Matter’ protesters rally at NAACP building in Texas
A small
group of white protestors holding ‘White Lives Matter’ signs staged a
demonstration outside the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People building in Houston on Sunday. Holding Confederate flags and assault
rifles, the group of about 20 white people gathered in Houston to protest
against the NAACP for failing to condemn the perceived role of Black Lives
Matter in relation to the deaths of white police officers.
“We came out here to protest against the NAACP
and their failure in speaking out against the atrocities that organizations
like Black Lives Matter and other pro-black organizations have caused the
attack and killing of white police officers, the burning down of cities and
things of that nature,” group member Ken Reed.
“If they’re going to be a civil rights organization
and defend their people, they also need to hold their people accountable.”
Reed said the group
wasn’t there to cause problems.
Sunday’s demonstration in Houston’s predominantly black Third Ward quickly spurred a counterprotest, which soon dwarfed the White Lives Matter gathering. As police arrived and set up barricades around the White Lives Matter protesters, locals stood across the street.
Some shouted, while others shook their heads in disbelief that Confederate flags were flying in front of an NAACP office in a black neighborhood. Police cleared out the crowd around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Source: Houston Chronicle
Sunday’s demonstration in Houston’s predominantly black Third Ward quickly spurred a counterprotest, which soon dwarfed the White Lives Matter gathering. As police arrived and set up barricades around the White Lives Matter protesters, locals stood across the street.
Some shouted, while others shook their heads in disbelief that Confederate flags were flying in front of an NAACP office in a black neighborhood. Police cleared out the crowd around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Source: Houston Chronicle
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