Thread by @FordFischer

I’m in #Lafayette, Louisiana where the all-Black #NFAC militia is planning to march at 4pm EST.

A number of opposing militia groups are also here, setting up across the parade route.

Here, the “Cajun Guard” forms up with officers near the beginning of the march route.

Under police guard, the #NFAC is forming up at Lafayette Public Library.

They are expected to march 3 hours from now, 4pm local time (apologies, in an earlier tweet I said 4pm est.)

For now, they don’t want press nearby.

Police erected barricades that track the entire planned #NFAC march route. Theoretically, the group will march to Parc San Souci which is only a few blocks away.

After a rally there, they are expected to perform the same march in reverse back to the library.

Here at the park itself, folks who aren’t in the NFAC are gathering as well. Some are armed, but most are just hanging out.

A voter registration drive is taking place as well.

Some militia guys are marching / standing outside the park where the #NFAC will expectedly end up.

The few I’ve spoken to today have all referred to themselves as “independent” rather than connecting themselves to a specific militia organization.

About 100 #NFAC members here gathered at library about 2 hours before their anticipated march.

Something usual: they’ve agreed to disarm.

None are carrying guns right now, and just before this clip, as one went to join his friends with a rifle, they made him out it away.

Near the park that the NFAC will show up at, militia groups are hanging out.

One sat down with his gun and his Bible and said a prayer.

I asked about their plans for the day:

As some NFAC members roll up with rifles, a member ran over to them to tell them “no guns, no guns!”

It seems this event will actually proceed unarmed.

Right wing militias and some Black Panther types outside the NFAC are still plenty armed around Lafayette.

NFAC’s “Grandmaster Jay” scolds some members of his group.

“Grandmaster Jay” checks members’ ID’s.