Washington readies for today's planned white supremacist rally near White House

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Downtown Washington was calm Sunday morning, but the relative quiet was not likely to last.

As many as 400 people are expected to make their way to Lafayette Park across the street from the White House later to take part in an event planned by the organizer of last year’s deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

The gathering, billed as a “white civil rights” rally, is taking place on the anniversary of the Charlottesville violence, which killed an anti-racist protester, Heather Heyer, and took the lives of two Virginia State troopers whose helicopter crashed as they returned from monitoring the day’s events.

In Charlottesville on Saturday, hundreds of anti-racist protesters and activists marched against racism through the city’s streets. The protests were peaceful though tense, with demonstrators complaining at times about the heavy police presence as dozens of officers in riot gear stood at the ready.

In Washington, thousands protesting the white supremacist rally also are expected at numerous locations, and many plan to converge on Lafayette Park, before the organizer of the rally, Jason Kessler, and his followers arrive. Both Kessler and opposition groups have permits from the National Park Service to demonstrate at the park, a leafy seven-acre enclave just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the president’s residence.

D.C. police could be seen early Sunday walking the streets near the park as officials began shutting down several downtown streets where protesters are expected to gather.

Even as police continued to erect an intricate maze of barricades around Lafayette Park, it seemed like a typical Sunday morning outside the White House — with Segway tours and selfie sticks in abundance.

Tourists making their way through Lafayette Square paused to take in the growing group of protesters gathering on the northeast side of the park.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-readies-for-todays-planned-white-supremacist-rally-near-white-house/ar-BBLOXUf?li=BBnb7Kz

[Leghorn21]

1. From msnbc reporter Garrett's Haake...uh, this is it - ?:

This is the “Unite the Right”’ rally crowd. All of them.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[appalachiablue]

2. CNN reported about '2 dozen' came into DC on the Metro from

Vienna, VA-- northern Va. suburb. They're likely lodged there, near Tysons Corner in NoVa.

Wrong town. As I've been noting.
---------------

Many anti racism protesters, esp. in Lafayette Square Park across from the White House. Speakers to begin in a while CNN said.

Weather- it's becoming darker outside, the DC Metro area forecast is 90% rain, thunderstorms and flash flooding alert 2PM-10PM.