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They will use the Orange Line to board at Vienna and exit at Foggy Bottom. The map below also highlights the route rally goers say they’ll take. Police say all the roads in red (see map below) will either be closed all day or have rolling closures based on police needs. police say a number of roads between Foggy Bottom and Lafayette Park will be affected between 9 a.m. Blue line trains only operate between Franconia-Springfield and Arlington Cemetery.ĭ.C. Some Metro stations in the area will be closed this weekend for track work, including Farragut West, McPherson Square and part of Metro Center. How will Metro stations and roads be affected? law also bans a number of other weapons, including certain knives, knuckles and razors. It does allow people with permits to carry concealed weapons, but it’s illegal for them to be within 1,000 feet of a protest. Organizers with this year’s Unite the Right rally are telling people not to bring guns, shields, knives, clubs or other weapons.ĭ.C. is really different, and has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. Last year, many Unite the Right demonstrators came armed with weapons and shields - Virginia law allows people to openly carry guns. How is this rally expected to be different from Charlottesville? An independent report about the event found that the police department was not properly prepared or trained to handle the hundreds of demonstrators who showed up. The Charlottesville Police Department was heavily criticized for its handling of security at last year’s rally, and the police chief resigned. We intend for these folks to come to express their First Amendment rights and to leave without incident,” Newsham said. “We handle this type of thing in the District of Columbia probably better than any police department in the country. He said the District has handled high-tension events in the past, and that police will make sure that opposing groups will remain separate. Police Chief Peter Newsham told reporters last week that he intends to have “the entire police department engaged to make sure that we handle this.” While law enforcement officials said they can’t discuss specific measures on how they’re policing the event, D.C. Secret Service will be working to secure the event. How are law enforcement agencies preparing?ĭ.C. There will also be a Black Lives Matter DC counter-protest just north of the Square. As of Wednesday, more than 900 people said they were attending on Facebook. to Lafayette Square, where white nationalists will be gathering. The group is scheduled to march at 3:30 p.m.

A coalition of about 40 groups, called Shut It Down D.C., are planning to hold a counter-protest starting at noon on Sunday at Freedom Plaza.

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There are a number of counter-protests scheduled on Sunday (see a full list here). Some white nationalists, including the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, said they will not attend the event because they think it will detract from their overall goals.Īccording to email correspondence released by the National Park Service through the Freedom of Information Act, there are several white supremacists expected to speak at the event - that includes David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. It’s unclear exactly how many people will actually attend the rally, but event organizer Jason Kessler indicated in his permit application to the National Park Service that he estimates up to 400 people. Kessler’s permit application notes the purpose of this year’s event is to protest “civil rights abuse in Charlottesville/white civil rights rally.” rally after Charlottesville denied his permit application for a second march in December. Jason Kessler, organizer of “Unite the Right 2,” decided to only focus on a planned D.C. A counter-protester, Heather Heyer, was killed after a car drove into a crowd, and two Virginia State Police officers died after their helicopter crashed after monitoring the event. “Unite the Right 2” is being held on the one year anniversary of a rally in Charlottesville which turned deadly. to Lafayette Square where they’ll hold a demonstration from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. From there, they’ll march down Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday at the Vienna Metro station to head into Foggy Bottom via buses and trains. Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening on Sunday:Īccording to an email to rally attendees from Kessler, demonstrators will meet at 2 p.m. police say they’re planning to keep opposing rallies separate in an effort to reduce the chance of violence. this Sunday for the “Unite the Right 2” rally, one year after a similar protest in Charlottesville, Va.ĭistrict police and other law enforcement agencies are gearing up for the demonstration and counter-protests, which are taking place throughout the day. White nationalists are expected to converge in D.C.