For 2nd night in a row, protesters rally against white supremacy outside White House
Source: MSN/Washington Post
Protesters rallied for the second consecutive evening in front of the White House on Monday, condemning white supremacy and calling on the Trump administration to take a more hard-line stance against it.
The rally, organized on Facebook by local college students, comes in response to violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville over the weekend that claimed the life of counterprotester Heather Heyer, 32. In a separate incident, two Virginia state troopers monitoring the protest were killed when their helicopter crashed in nearby woods.
Protesters trickled in after work on Monday, carrying signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Make Racists Afraid Again.” The young organizers invited anyone to “vent or rant,” particularly encouraging people of color and those with disabilities to speak. People discussed their experiences with racism and discrimination, as well as how they want to counter it.
“We will not stop until this type of white supremacy is removed from our country,” said Jason Charter, an activist who also attended the counterprotest Saturday in Charlottesville.
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All I can say is thank you to the folks showing the courage to stand up to the fascists in the White House.
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