About two dozen individuals with the White Lives Matter group, some of whom were armed, demonstrated against what they called the unequal application of hate crimes laws, which they said were applied in a way that favored minorities. White Lives Matter member and protest organizer Ken Reed said into a bullhorn that his group was concerned with “white people’s preservation”. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Members of a Houston-based ‘White Lives Matter’ group march in a demonstration escorted by Texas state troopers outside the capitol. Photograph: James Gregg/APThe White Lives Matter group was shouted down by several hundred counter-protesters, who held up signs that said “Stand Against Hate” and “Black Lives Matter”. “I think they are full of hatred,” Catrett said about the White Lives Matter group.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2016 19:17 UTC