MCMASTER.
ASHLEY:
STATE AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE
ALREADY PREPARING FOR A "FREE
SPEECH
RALLY" IN BOSTON TOMORROW.
22NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
ELISHA MACHADO EXPLAINS WHAT
SECURITY
MEASURES THEY PLAN TO TAKE.
ELISHA MACHADO:
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED
IN BOSTON FOR SATURDAY'S
RALLY, WHERE THEY'LL FIND EXTRA
SECURITY AND POSSIBLE
INSPECTIONS.
THESE BARRIERS BEHIND ME AND
SECURITY CAMERAS ARE JUST SOME
OF
THE MEASURES LOCAL POLICE ARE
TAKING TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
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A COALITION OF LIBERTARIANS AND
PROGRESSIVES PLAN TO RALLY ON
THE
BOSTON COMMON THIS WEEKEND FOR
THE SECOND "BOSTON FREE SPEECH
RALLY."
MORE THAN 500 POLICE OFFICERS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE. THE
BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROHIBITING
WEAPONS AND STICKS.
AND BACKPAKS OR BAGS MAY BE
SEARCHED.
THIS COMES JUST ONE WEEK AFTER A
"UNITE THE RIGHT" RALLY IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VIRGINIA TURNED VIOLENT AND
DEADLY.
ORGANIZERS WITH BOSTON FREE
SPEECH HAVE DENIED AFFILIATION
WITH THE
CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLY AND
INDICATE THE MOVEMENT IS
"DEDICATED TO
PEACEFUL RALLIES."
GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER, (R)
MASSACHUSETTS:
"THE PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ENGAGE
AND GATHER PEACEFULLY AND THAT
EVERYBODY GOES HOME SAFE."
THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE
KNIGHTS OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN
TOLD THE
BOSTON HERALD MEMBERS OF HIS
ORGANIZATION ARE EXPECTED TO
ATTEND.
ELISHA MACHADO:
SEVERAL ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
ARE PLANNING A COUNTER PROTEST
AND MARCH
TO BOSTON COMMON IN RESISTANCE
OF WHITE SUPREMICIST IDEOLOGIES.
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