I did not attend the demonstration in Pensacola at Lee Square due to my concerns that this may have been a media trap at best, a beat-down setup at worst. Turned out to be a minor media trap, since the local news people were able to get some interviews that would easily allow them to paint the organizer and the demonstrators in any light they wished.
Some notes from a few solid sources:
BLM was there and might have been the principle "counter-protest" group.
There were 20 Pensacola PD officers on the scene, 40 Escambia County deputies and 40 Florida State Troopers. There was one PPD SWAT sniper positioned on a church roof overlooking the square.
One man arrested for battery when he swatted a bullhorn from someone's hand.
Still not sure yet on numbers of demonstrators on either side. Talking with sources.
Sons of Confederate Soldiers (I think that's the group name) didn't show and didn't endorse.
LE had orders not to tolerate ANY violence at all (which is why the dude got arrested for something relatively minor).
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