AdvertisementA Black Lives Matter protest of around 80 people in a tiny Ohio town which is home to just 13 black residents was overrun by 700 white counterprotesters armed with rifles, handguns and baseball bats at the weekend. and 'All lives matter!' and allegedly threatened the protesters and ripped Black Lives Matter signs out of their hands. Heavily armed white men and women from motorcycle gangs and 'back the blue' groups flocked to Bethel shouting 'Blue lives matter!' One councilman, Ron Dunn, thanked the Black Lives Matters protesters for exercising restraint when the counterprotesters were showing 'hatred' toward them.

Source: Daily Mail June 17, 2020 14:23 UTC