Demonstrators in Portland, Ore., gesture in front of the police during a protest the election of Donald Trump as president in November 2016. Then came an anonymous and ominous email, according to parade organizers, that instructed them to cancel the GOP group’s registration — or else. “This is nonnegotiable.”The email said that 200 people would “rush into the parade” and “drag and push” those marching with the Republican Party. A petition to bring back the parade garnered nearly 200 signatures online, but on Wednesday organizers stood firmly beside their decision. If we can’t provide safety for our fans, there’s no use in trying,” Rich Jarvis, spokesman for the Rose Festival Foundation, told the Oregonian.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2017 10:33 UTC