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On the ground at the final Beverly Hills Freedom Rally before the election. While it was scheduled to start at 3, people began showing up before 12.
Counter protesters plan on showing up.
Counter protesters plan on showing up.
In anticipation of potential civil unrest around the election, the city decided to cover up its art, including the Beverly Hills sign in Beverly Gardens Park (seen here as a black and white cookie).
Tabling to recall Gavin Newsom
LGBT Trump supporters selling shirts and flags
A first for the rally, a “Digital Army” tent. Tablers are handing out cards with the QAnon oath and offering free T-shirt’s.
Here’s the QAnon Oath they’re handing out
As at other rallies, most people unmasked. The mayor and interim police chief recently responded to growing frustration with what some residents view as a vector for COVID, saying BHPD lacked the resources and that the crowd would put up resistance. https://beverlyhillscourier.com/2020/10/29/bhpd-chief-addresses-mask-enforcement-at-rallies/
Counter protesters have arrived and BHPD in riot gear form a line between the rally
Trump supporter who went into counter protesters gets injured
BHPD declare unlawful assembly that seems to only apply to the counter protesters
Counter protesters move cordons into the street
Counter protesters start walking back to Roxbury Park
A view of the Freedom Rally from the @BHCourier rooftop. Based on last week’s turn out, this appears to be near 2,000 people.
The crowd has started spilling into Santa Monica Boulevard
BHPD officers are now conducting traffic through the crowd
BHPD has blocked off traffic on Santa Monica Blvd
Small crowd gathers around someone with a novelty baseball bat up his sleeve. He explains he is going as “conservative antifa” for halloween.
