Demonstration brings out a few hundred to downtown Carson City
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A few hundred people gathered Thursday afternoon in front of the Nevada State Capitol for a demonstration organizers called Good Trouble Lives On, a national day of nonviolent action.
The demonstration was one of the smallest in the capital city since protestors began monthly demonstrations critical of Trump administration policies. A few counter demonstrators were on hand as well.
Thursday’s demonstration was part of a nationwide event highlighting the anniversary of the passing of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights leader known as the “conscience of the Congress” who at the age of 25 was brutally beaten March 7, 1965 while helping hundreds of peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. He died five years ago on July 17, 2020.
Many held up signs in memory of Lewis. Demonstrator Erika Gentsch, a Reno resident, said she came in memory of John Lewis.
“He was the real deal his whole life. A giant,” she said.
Among the counter demonstrators Thursday, Lee Elliott of Carson City said he was there in support of the president and said there needs to be more conservatives to counter the demonstrations such as the one Thursday.
“I’m here for all freedom speaking Americans who have sacrificed everything and for those who made it back from the wars,” he said.
In particular, Elliott said he was also there for his stepson Gary Adams who died in 2007 in Iraq and also for his son Jason Elliott, who served in Iraq and was injured when an IED hit his MRAP, blowing it up. And he was there for stepson Christ Adams, who served in the first Gulf War as a Marine sniper.
Traffic through downtown as of 5:30 p.m. was not problematic among demonstrators and motorists, according to a few Carson City Sheriff’s Office motorcycle patrol deputies.
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