Controversial Political Rallies Called Off in SF, Berkeley

"Take your dog to Crissy Field and let them do their business and be sure not to clean it up!"

Gibson said he launched Patriot Prayer after several Trump supporters were beaten at a Trump campaign stop in San Jose, California previous year.

"I went down there Monday just to see what the condition of the field is now, and there's already a lot of goose droppings all over the place which are the same size as my dogs", Tuffington said.

The Public Press will be covering events Saturday.

Today, we showed the world what peace and unity looks like.

San Francisco's mayor said he doesn't trust a right-wing group that says it's canceling a rally in the city on Saturday.

Such characterizations amounted to a "smear campaign", the organizers said. Police in both California cities traditionally have given demonstrators a wide berth, even when rallies in recent years turned violent as protesters from both the left and the right have punched people, destroyed property and engaged in violence.

But Joey Gibson, who founded the Patriot Prayer group, told a local Fox affiliate that he has openly denounced white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Gibson said those attending the rally will be a diverse group whose members believe in freedom.

"I'm a person of color".

Top officials, activists and residents anticipate trouble, however.

At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, local television station KPIX 5 asked Pelosi about the labeling of the group as white supremacist.

Lee said that, despite organizers saying it's called off, they have not canceled the event in writing so the city is proceeding as though the event is still happening.

The late cancellation of two weekend political rallies in the San Francisco Bay Area has done little to stem fears that unrest and violence are brewing in the city.

The Portland-based group received a permit from the National Park Service to hold its "Freedom Rally" at Crissy Field, but organizers believe the rally will not be safe tomorrow for attendees. "As a matter of public safety, it can not be allowed to happen", Wiener told USA TODAY. Now there are people who will be peacefully protesting that day and that's obviously hugely important, but San Franciscans have found a way to supplement that protest: dog poop. Despite the cancellation, the many wonderful unity events planned at Civic Center, the Castro, and around the city will still go off as planned.

Tuffington said, 'I just had this image of alt-right people stomping around in the poop. The plan is to bring out the pups ahead of time and plant some poop bombs across the rally site, Crissy Field in The Presidio.

Earlier in the week, Gibson had said he planned the protest rally to discuss publicly what he feels are fundamental problems in the nation and to emphasize the value of and need for free speech and freedom.

"They get criticized for cracking down", he said, "or they get criticized for doing nothing". But in the best interest of everyone who is going to be attending, we had to do this. A separate group of activists will still meet Patriot Prayer supporters by the bay. "We're going to put our effort and our resources into Berkeley", Gibson said. Nevertheless, San Francisco and Berkeley officials are anxious that the two events could attract extremists and spark violent confrontations.

"Almost every one of these speakers speaks in a way that promotes violence or insinuates violence", Rohrer said.

As reported by SFGate, the permit for the Alt-Right event described it as being a rally involving around 300 people, running from 2 p.m.

"I don't", Gibson said.

Also Friday, a judge ordered the jailing of a conservative organizer who has been scheduled to speak at the Patriot Prayer rally. This is the lie of the century.