In Huntington Beach, a Geroge Floyd protest deemed unlawful, but stay-at-home protest one month ago

[TomCADem]

Source: NBC

In Huntington Beach, California, hundreds protests the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who died in the custody of white police officers. They held signs that read, "End Racism" and "Black Lives Matter," according to KTLA.

Police deemed the gathering as an unlawful assembly and asked the demonstrators to disperse, police officials said in a statement.

But just one month ago, a different protest in the same Orange County community, was left mostly alone.

Thousands turned up in early May, packed shoulder-to-shoulder, to protest Governor Gavin Newsom's order to close all beaches to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Read more: https://www.nbc-2.com/story/42195359/in-huntington-beach-a-geroge-floyd-protest-deemed-unlawful-but-stayathome-protest-one-month-ago-was-not

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As you can see from the picture below in the OC Register, pro-Trump counter demonstrators were able to disrupt what had been a peaceful protest.

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[bluescribbler]

1. Double standard

This is disgraceful.

[Maeve]

2. RHIP

RACE hath its privileges

[dvduval]

3. Racist

Huntington Beach has some pretty extreme racists there, and I think violence could very well have occurred there. They said on the news it was getting pretty confrontational, and I believe it. There was at least some wisdom in shutting it down.

[BComplex]

5. Makes sense. The rightwing extremists are a danger to everyone in this country.

And our democracy.

[reACTIONary]

6. I don't know about Huntington Beach, but...

... an experienced administration can handle a situation like this, by establishing a clear demarcation between the protest and the counter protest and keeping them physically separated.

They need to up their game.

[C Moon]

4. I noticed at the HB protest, that hardly anyone was wearing a mask or (of course) standing 6' apart.

[keithbvadu2]

7. The right wingers are not subtle.