Trump crowd, protesters verbally clash ahead of rally

[Judi Lynn]

A gathering of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump is growing larger with occasional verbal clashes ahead of Trump's rally in Tulsa
By
ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press
June 20, 2020, 12:50 AM
7 min read



Supporters of President Trump, including a man dressed as the border wall, line up outside outside an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 18, 2020, where the president will hold his first campaign rally in months this weekend .Despite the heat, the ever-growing risk of coronavirus and a lukewarm reception from local officials, dozens of backers of Trump are already camped out outside the arena (AP photo/ Tom McCarthy)Supporters of President Trump, including a man dressed as the border wall, line up outside outside an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 18, 2020, where the president will hold his first campaign rally in months this weekend .Despite the heat, the ever-growing risk of coronavirus and a lukewarm reception from local officials, dozens of backers of Trump are already camped out outside the arena (AP photo/ Tom McCarthy)
The Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- Supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump continued to gather Friday in Tulsa, where Trump is scheduled to take the stage for the first of his signature rallies during the coronavirus pandemic.

Verbal clashes sparked at times as hundreds of people converged amid a nationwide push for racial justice and tensions over the continued health and economic threats of COVID-19. And the gatherings happened on Juneteenth — a day celebrating the end of slavery in the United States — in a city with a long history of racial tension. Trump’s event scheduled for Saturday night will be held just blocks from the site of one of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history, and Black leaders in Tulsa say they fear the president's visit could lead to violence.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending Trump’s rally in a 19,000-seat arena to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing inside the arena to guard against the spread of the coronavirus. The court ruled that the two local residents who asked that the thousands expected at the BOK Center be required to take the precautions couldn’t establish that they had a clear legal right to the relief they sought. In a concurring opinion, two justices noted that the state’s plan to reopen its economy is “permissive, suggestive and discretionary.”

The request was made by John Hope Franklin for Reconciliation, a nonprofit that promotes racial equality, and the Greenwood Centre Ltd., which owns commercial real estate, on behalf of the two locals described as having compromised immune systems and being particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/tulsa-mayor-implements-curfew-site-trump-rally-71344600

[Squinch]

1. Trump wants a riot in Tulsa worse than he wants KFC. I really hope he doesn't get one.

[soothsayer]

2. Are the magats allowed to bring guns?

Oh I guess the nat guard has weapons.

I’m not anticipating violence unless the authorities or instigators start it.

On a side note, I kinda dig that brick suit.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. Concealed carry is the law in Oklahoma.

Any moron I see I assume are packing.