Breaking: Stone Mountain will be CLOSED tomorrow.
Authorities say they have "little information" on possible conflict between @flowerunited and III% groups, so they are shutting down the entire park.
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This move approximately parallels what happened last year, when the government also announced Stone Mountain park would be closed the night before.
The @flowerunited coalition still showed up. The right-wingers didn't.
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"Since racist militias are still in the area, our counter-rally is still happening & is more important than before," says @flowerunited.
The pro-Confederate monument side of the #StoneMountain event seems a little blindsided by the park's closure.
None of the organizers have posted into their Facebook event, and the participants seem unclear and in disagreement about what to do.
"III% Security Force leader" Chris Hill just posted a video to Youtube basically telling his group that since the park is closed, he plans to just lead his group straight to the same parking lot the counter-protesters @flowerunited are meeting at at 9am.
While Chris Hill’s militia plans on converging at the same parking lot antifa is, one group says the event is moved, while another is pulling out entirely.
Another organizer is trying to lead people to a different conservative event almost an hour away.
It seems that while the @flowerunited and @afainatl plan to meet in one place (where some III%ers may also show up), the right is basically split in at least four directions.
I’ll be covering beginning early tomorrow, right here on Twitter.
https://t.co/mH83GLNtrq
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