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White Lives Matter, a group of white nationalists, held protests Saturday in Franklin, Tennessee, disrupting the city's second annual Juneteenth celebration.
Approximately 10 young white men wore matching white shirts with matching logos, and black skull balaclava face coverings, according to the Williamson Homepage. The men also held up signs that read "Stop White Replacement" and "It's ok to be white."
Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19, commemorating an important moment in African-American history when Union soldiers marched into Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to control the state and inform the remaining slaves that they were free. There were 250,000 enslaved people in Texas at the time, according to a report by the nonprofit organization The Pew Charitable Trusts.
"The other group, who said they were there to be a buffer between festival-goers and the other group, included people who were armed and wearing ballistic vests. Both groups left the area when asked. There was no violence and were no arrests after Franklin Police Officers intervened," the city's statement added.
Protesters in both groups were also distributing flyers saying that they are demonstrating because "the anti-white system is committed to our spiritual and physical genocide." The pamphlets were handed out to festival attendees before the police arrived, according to local news station WMSV-4.
The group's ideas stem from the "Great Replacement Theory," which is a racist conspiracy that claims that white people are being replaced by people of color and minorities. The theory is believed to have incited a series of mass killings in recent years, including the Buffalo, New York, shooting where a white teenager fatally shot 10 Black people at a grocery store.
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Approximately 10 young white men wore matching white shirts with matching logos, and black skull balaclava face coverings, according to the Williamson Homepage. The men also held up signs that read "Stop White Replacement" and "It's ok to be white."
Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19, commemorating an important moment in African-American history when Union soldiers marched into Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to control the state and inform the remaining slaves that they were free. There were 250,000 enslaved people in Texas at the time, according to a report by the nonprofit organization The Pew Charitable Trusts.
"The other group, who said they were there to be a buffer between festival-goers and the other group, included people who were armed and wearing ballistic vests. Both groups left the area when asked. There was no violence and were no arrests after Franklin Police Officers intervened," the city's statement added.
Protesters in both groups were also distributing flyers saying that they are demonstrating because "the anti-white system is committed to our spiritual and physical genocide." The pamphlets were handed out to festival attendees before the police arrived, according to local news station WMSV-4.
The group's ideas stem from the "Great Replacement Theory," which is a racist conspiracy that claims that white people are being replaced by people of color and minorities. The theory is believed to have incited a series of mass killings in recent years, including the Buffalo, New York, shooting where a white teenager fatally shot 10 Black people at a grocery store.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/w...AAYDweb?cvid=27880dcefee94339977c0323c756d8b3
