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6.5 Creedmoor
BLM rally in Greenville, NY at 12:00 noon today at George V. Vanderbilt Park.
The city itself has not been particularly supportive—as reported by the Nation, Greenville officials “told the organizer of a proposed July 18 BLM event that she would need a $1 million insurance policy”—but organizers did not anticipate antagonists advocating violence in a local social media group.
Screenshots from a post in a Facebook group show detractors describing paid protestors being bussed in, claims protest organizers deny. NEWS10 has opted against posting the screenshots directly, which contain identifying information of private individuals. However, some alarming responses include:
The city itself has not been particularly supportive—as reported by the Nation, Greenville officials “told the organizer of a proposed July 18 BLM event that she would need a $1 million insurance policy”—but organizers did not anticipate antagonists advocating violence in a local social media group.
Screenshots from a post in a Facebook group show detractors describing paid protestors being bussed in, claims protest organizers deny. NEWS10 has opted against posting the screenshots directly, which contain identifying information of private individuals. However, some alarming responses include:
- “Well I guess I will put the plow back on my truck”
- “Great day to shoot clay birds in the yard..”
- “They need to be stopped, before they can enter into the Town’s. Set up a secured site!!”
- “ALL LIVES MATTER TURN THE WATER CANNONS AND RUBBER BULLETS ON THESE SCUMBAG DOMESTIC TERRORISTS”
