'White Lives Matter,' Assault Rifles, Confederate Flags: Sunday in Texas

From Esquire

A group of about 20 "White Lives Matter" protesters gathered outside a Houston NAACP office on Sunday, The Houston Chronicle reports. Some were carrying assault rifles, and at least one protester, according to TPM, was wearing a hat supporting Donald Trump's campaign for president.

"We came out here to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking out against the atrocities that organizations like Black Lives Matter and other pro-black organizations have caused the attack and killing of white police officers, the burning down of cities and things of that nature," Ken Reed, the Trump supporter, told the Chronicle. "If they're going to be a civil rights organization and defend their people, they also need to hold their people accountable."

The group was met with counter-protests, but Reed insisted they were "not out here to instigate or start any problems."

"Obviously we're exercising our Second Amendment rights but that's because we have to defend ourselves. Their organizations and their people are shooting people based on the color of their skin. We're not."

Photo credit: Screenshot
Photo credit: Screenshot

He also insisted the Confederate Flags were about "heritage" and Southern pride. But others in his group shouted the slogan "14 Words," code for a White Supremacist creedo: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

(It is here that we can pause to remember that the flag's defenders in South Carolina also treaded the "heritage not hate" line. Its proponents continue to insist it has nothing to do with race-even people in a White Lives Matter protest outside an NAACP office.)

The crowd was eventually dispersed around 3:30PM, the Chronicle reports. There were no injuries or arrests.

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