White Lives Matter staged a rally outside the NAACP’s Houston headquarters on Sunday, sparking controversy and counter-protests in a city where racial tensions remain high after a string of recent incidents.
Clutching Confederate flags, white supremacist signs and, in several cases, assault rifles, roughly 20 White Lives Matter members stood on the sidewalk of a historically black neighborhood to denounce the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
“We came out here specifically today 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,” organizer Ken Reed told the Houston Chronicle. “If they’re going to be a civil rights organization and defend their people, they also need to hold their people accountable.”
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So armed demonstrators wielding weapons, confederate flags and white supremacist placards demonstrated outside of Houston's NAACP headquarters... for equal rights or something. Who knows? Personally I think this is as ridiculous as so-called Straight Pride demonstrators, but I'm curious to see your opinions.
Is this the futile railings of a white supremacist group against progress? Or do they have a point despite their use of white supremacist slogans? Has the NAACP caused this by not opposing or condemning the BLM movement?
