Rally Attended

Today (8-1-20), I attended a rally at the State Capitol in St. Paul protesting Walz tyrannical law about mandated mask wearing in public areas.

Here is the notice sent out by some of the women organizing this event: "

Today at 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

81°F Partly Cloudy

Minnesota State Capitol

Public · Hosted by Autumn Kaye and Mary Bailey

This is a peaceful rally and we have compassion for everyone. We are not against people who want to wear a mask. We know this statewide mandate is a movement against our civil liberties and we do not believe it should be forced upon us. There is overwhelming medical evidence that public masking does NOT stop the spread of small particle viruses. Thus, we want people to be free to share their smiles again!

Please practice social distancing at this rally for the health of our attendees. Thank You!

Also, Please Do Not use this rally as an excuse to promote a political candidate (Trump, MN Senators or Representatives, etc.). Thank You!"

I got there about 1220pm and could not find out group so three or four guys and I walked up to the front of the Capitol looking for our group. One of our guys had his face painted the colors of the flag. Three or four Black Lives Matter protesters came right up to him and started shouting in his face. He was a burly guy and said back off. They did not. A few state troopers separated the two sides, and ordered us to leave because this other group had the permit. We were to go down the hill almost off the Capitol grounds about 1/4 mile south. A couple of our guys kept arguing with this woman State Trooper ordering them to leave. I yelled at them that she was not kidding. We needed to leave or be forcibly removed and maybe arrested, so everyone left after I yelled at them. That was the first encounter with Black Lives Matter starting something or seeking to start something.

We went down the hill to the outer grounds and about 500 to 1200 rallyers were there for Michele Evans to give her talk and mask-buring ceremony. Blacks Lives Matters photojournalists, MPR, and all the local TV stations were there among us, and people did not attack them, but mildly harassed them to leave as fake news frauds, the enemy in our midst. The troopers came and escorted out an Channel 11 cameraman surrounded by hostile rallyers. Overall it was a quite peaceful, orderly protest, 

Then a bunch of those Black Lives Matter protesters got very confrontational and were walking right into our crowd arguing and shouting when the troopers evicted them. That was the second time they sought a fight. After the rally was over about 200 of our people and those thugs were squaring off to the West, when the troopers separated them again. It was three times that they approached us, and we never intentionally approached any of them. It was young, white college male college students that were the worst. These are brown shirt thugs and they will use violence and intimidation to force the silent majority to remain silent and submissive. That bullying tactic is not working anymore.

I got some useful contact information, and I went home about 245pm.