Rumored White Lives Matter Rally in Huntington Beach Turns to BLM Unlawful Assembly

Joe Cook Gines holds an anti-KKK sign during a protest against white supremacy in Huntington Beach, Calif., on April 11, 2021. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

The City of Huntington Beach, California, braced for a rumored White Lives Matter (WLM) rally on April 11, though it didn’t materialize, for the most part.

Instead, it became predominantly a Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally of some 500 people—according to a police estimate—which had been planned as a counter-protest.