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Huntington Beach police and Orange County sheriff's officials are out in force on Sunday to keep the peace in the event of a potential square-off between attendees at a planned "White Lives Matter"rally and counter-protesters.
Huntington Beach police are planning a ramped-up presence Sunday in the event of a potential square-off between attendees at a planned "White Lives Matter"...
Huntington Beach police are planning a ramped- up presence today in the event of a potential square-off between attendees at a planned “White Lives Matter'' rally and counter-protesters.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. â For years, Huntington Beach has tried to push back against its reputation as a magnet for extremist hate. Those efforts weren't helped last year when the city's downtown and pier became a rallying spot for anti-mask activists and far-right supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Now, the city is bracing for a White Lives Matter rally Sunday. The event â which arrives after a smattering of Ku Klux Klan fliers were distributed in Huntington Beach and surrounding areas â is sparking new demands that the city take more profound steps to shake its assoc...
- ADVERTISEMENT - The flyers were posted some time overnight in the highly trafficked business corridor. They appeared to be hand written and bore a well-known White supremacist slogan called “the 14 Words,” which proclaims the need to secure a future for “White children.” “I’m extremely disheartened that somebody used our community as a platform to spread hate,” said Councilman Al Austin, who represents the Bixby Knolls area. Several of the messages were found taped to businesses on the east side of Atlantic Avenue between Claiborne Drive and Cartagena Street, according to Blai...