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WEBVTT CALIFORNIA PLAN TO GO TOSATURDAY'S RALLY IN SANFRANCISCO INCLUDING FROM OURAREA.THEY'LL TAKE WITH THEM MANYDIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ANDREASONS FOR BEING THERE.rt-- THE RALLY AND COUNTER PROTESTSARE BEING ORGANIZED ON FACEBOOKAND IN MANY CASES PEOPLE WHOPLAN TO ATTEND SAY SO PUBLICLY.WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THEMFROM SACRAMENTO AND ASKED WHY.rtTHOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TODESCEND ON SAN FRANCISCO'SCRISSY FIELD SATURDAY FOR WHAT'SBEING CALLED A PATRIOT PRAYERRALLY AND COUNTERDEMONSTRATIONS.AMONG THEM 4 SACRAMENTAN'S WESPOKE WITH ALL ATTENDING FORDIFFERENT REASONS.rt>> I'M JUST WANTING TO SUPPORTOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT ANDTHE UNITY THAT'S BEING BUILTAROUND THIS.TOM: LAURA ZULEMA IS A CHEERCOACH AND ARDENT SUPPORTER OFrtPRESIDENT TRUMP.SHE'LL WEAR THIS WONDER WOMANOUTFIT AND IS BRINGING A FLAGSHIELD AND FULL FACE MASK.SHE INSISTS THE EVENT IS ABOUTCOMING TOGETHER, AND HATE GROUPSARE NOT WELCOME.>> THE NARRATIVE IS THATrtEVERYBODY IS GROUPED INTO THISWHITE SUPREMACY AND IT'S WE AREOPPOSED TO THAT.>> I WOULD WANT TO SEE MORErtPEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS.WE CAN PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE.I'M AGAINST HATE AND I'M AGAINSTANY KIND OF BIGOTRY, NAZIS,WHITE SUPREMACISTS, AND I FEELLIKE THEY'RE NOT WELCOME HERE INNORTHERN CALIFORNIA.rtTOM: HE WORRIES VIOLENCE INCHARLOTTESVILLE, BERKELEY, ANDTHE STATE CAPITOL WILL PLAY OUTAGAIN HERE.>> TIME AND AGAIN THEIR FREErtSPEECH IS ENDING UP WITH PEOPLEIN THE HOSPITAL.IT'S ENDING UP WITH TENS AND 20ARRESTS.TOM THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILDrt: SACRAMENTO CHAPTER IS SENDING12 ATTORNEYS TO OBSERVE ANDRECORD BAY AREA POLICE THISWEEKEND HOPING TO HOLD THEMACCOUNTABLE.>> IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, THEY'VErtBEEN BLAMED FOR NOT GETTINGBETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND WE SAWTHE SAME THING HAPPEN INSACRAMENTO A YEAR AGO AT ASIMILAR RALLY AT THE STATECAPITOL.TOM: AMERICAN RIrtVER COLLEGESTUDENT JAEDEN GALES SAYS HE'SRECEIVED THREATS FOR HIS PLANSTO ATTEND THE PATRIOT PRAYERRALLY, BUT WILL DEMONSTRATENONETHELESS.>> I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME AWHITE SUPREMACIST AND SAYINGTHrtEY'RE GOING TO MEET ME ANDTHROW DOWN SO EXPECT THERE TO BEHOSTILITY AT LEAST IF NOTPHYSICAL VIOLENCE.

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With a controversial Patriot Prayer free speech rally scheduled Saturday at Crissy Field in San Francisco, hundreds of Bay Area dog owners plan to extend a stinky welcome to the visitors by transforming the idyllic open space into a minefield of dog poop.A Facebook event urging people to "Leave your dog poop on Crissy Field" in the days before the rally had more than 1,000 attendees and 5,800 people interested in attending, as of noon Friday.Patriot Prayer's event organizer Joey Gibson said the event is "a day of freedom, spirituality, unity peace and patriotism." He added that extremists, neo-Nazis, communists, white nationalists and members of the Klu Klux Klan will not be permitted at Crissy Field."Leave a gift for our Alt-Right friends. Take your dog to Crissy Field and let them do their business and be sure not to clean it up!" the description reads. "Watch out for landmines, friends! We can get together Sunday and clean up the mess and hug each other!"After violence broke out on Aug. 12 at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, officials expressed fear that a far-right demonstration could spark similar chaos in the Bay Area.Mayor Ed Lee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Nancy Pelosi have all expressed concern that law enforcement won't be able to protect the public adequately during the rally. Some people even urged the National Park Service to reject the group's application to hold the rally at Crissy Field.However, the National Park Service issued a permit Wednesday for the group to hold the rally at the famed San Francisco park, citing it is "guided by the Constitution, the law, longstanding court precedent, and National Park Service policy, which tells us we must be deliberative and not preemptive in our decisions related to First Amendment gatherings,."The organizer of the poop action, a 45-year-old Richmond District resident who goes by Tuffy Tuffington, was also concerned."It was mostly borne out of frustration with our general political climate and feeling hamstrung about what to do -- I don't think direct conflict with these groups is really positive," Tuffington said.The idea's popularity came as a surprise, though."It was kind of intended to be a small joke for my friends," Tuffington said. "I didn't expect this level of interest -- I wasn't quite prepared."Crissy Field is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.For his part, Gibson insists the event is not a white supremacist gathering, pointing out in an interview that only one of the event's eight speakers is white and that he identifies as Japanese. Amber Gwen Cummings, who is a transsexual, is also scheduled to speak at the event.Many on social media are amused by the poop plan, evidenced by the high number of attendees, but others have expressed misgivings about the cleanup logistics. A couple different groups are planning to meet up and deal with the poop in the aftermath of the event, Tuffington said."I wouldn't want 500 dog owners descending on a park I use on a regular basis and pooping, either," Tuffington said. "But dog poop is a lot easier to clean up than hate."