WATCH: Pro-Rioter ‘Justice for J6’ Rally Draws ‘Dozens’ of Attendees, ‘Hundreds’ of Cameras
Early reports and videos emerging from the pro-Capitol-rioter “Justice for J6” rally indicate that the event has drawn “a few dozen” attendees, and many times that number of press and police.
On Saturday afternoon, videos began trickling out on social media showing the early stages of the event, organized to show support for those imprisoned over the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, showing very high turnout — by cops and the media.
Spectrum News congressional reporter Taylor Popielarz posted some observations along with a clip, noting:
—Several hundred press
—Hundreds of police
—Few dozen rally attendees
—Couple dozen counterprotestors
—Media flocking to individual people in circus-like fashion
—Rally attendees tell me they’re disappointed by turnout but pleased w/ press attention
State of #JusticeForJ6 event:
—Several hundred press
—Hundreds of police
—Few dozen rally attendees
—Couple dozen counterprotestors
—Media flocking to individual people in circus-like fashion
—Rally attendees tell me they’re disappointed by turnout but pleased w/ press attention pic.twitter.com/ykT8PRmb43— Taylor Popielarz (@TaylorPopielarz) September 18, 2021
Other clips featured similar scenes and observations:
Current scene at Justice for J6 rally, seems like more press than actual rally attendees pic.twitter.com/IkiNToe3vn
— Lisa Bennatan (@LisaBennatan) September 18, 2021
Counter protestor showed up at the ‘Justice for J6’ rally yelling.
Police surrounded him very quickly & told people near him to back up. pic.twitter.com/menaFQ9zLi
— Emily Zantow (@EmilyZantowNews) September 18, 2021
On the left, a handful of protestors here for the #justiceforj6 demo. On the right, hundreds of cameras following a guy with a megaphone yelling “the only justice for Trump is prison” and police pouring around the crowd here at the #capitol pic.twitter.com/Z5PyWkzpCw
— Phil Lavelle ? (@phillavelle) September 18, 2021
Good morning from Capitol Hill.
The #JusticeForJ6 rally is scheduled to begin in 45 minutes at 12pm ET.
So far, maybe a couple dozen rally attendees are here — significantly outnumbered by police and media. pic.twitter.com/pPvr18ZWos
— Taylor Popielarz (@TaylorPopielarz) September 18, 2021
As the event began, an organizer joked to the sparse crowd that they should measure their wrists for the handcuffs that would surely be slapped on them by the FBI, a reference to the conspiracy theory that the rally is a “setup” by the government.
Update: As the rally progressed, MSNBC reported an estimate of the crowd of attendees of about 200.
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