Dozens of people gathered outside the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headquarters in Third Ward Sunday for a White Lives Matter protest, according to Click2Houston.com.
White Lives Matter protesters, holding American and Confederate flags, were at the NAACP around noon. As time passed, the crowd started to grow, prompting the arrival of police on horseback and the placement barricades.
"We came here because the NAACP headquarters is here and that's one of the most racist groups in America," Scott Lacy said, adding "If they're going to be a civil rights organization and defend their people," he said, "they also need to hold their people accountable."
By the time police tried to disperse the White Lives Matter supporters, Third Ward residents were pushing back against the protest, citing recent officer-involved shootings that have left African Americans dead.
Once the others dispersed, a group of African-American and white locals gathered in the parking lot of a church nearby. They prayed.
via http://ift.tt/2bAgugj Tyler Durden