As a wave of anti-Sharia Law marches take place across the country, Sharia proponents were kept at bay by North Carolina police.
Video footage from outside the state capitol shows a police line keeping both sides apart.
Local reporter Robert Richardson deemed to proponents of Sharia as an “anti-Islamophobia crowd”:
Large law enforcement at the NC Capitol. An anti-Islamophobia crowd is confronting a group holding a March Against Sharia. @WNCN at 6 & 11. pic.twitter.com/pRyCv5DNwR
— Robert Richardson (@RobertReport) June 10, 2017
Police could be seen pushing the pro-Sharia mob back as they got closer to the protesters.
Meanwhile, feminists who apparently support the subjugation and oppression of women, rallied against the anti-Sharia forces in Chicago:
At the counter protest against the racist March Against Sharia! pic.twitter.com/7MNsOpy3Aw
— ANSWER Chicago (@ANSWERChicago) June 10, 2017
“First they came for the Muslims and we said not today motherf*ckers,” one sign read.
Others chanted against ACT for America, the group organizing the anti-Sharia protests.
Chanting against the organization that organized the 'March Against Sharia pic.twitter.com/FKb2lNVAeO
— ANSWER Chicago (@ANSWERChicago) June 10, 2017
“ACT for America, facts don’t work for ya,” they chanted, some covering their faces Antifa-style.
In Seattle, cameras captured counter-protesters with their printed signs still in the boxes:
Covering the demonstrations downtown today. First up: group that opposes March On Sharia. A few hundred here. pic.twitter.com/LQoCGE0qaY
— Katherine B. Long (@katherinelong) June 10, 2017
NBC News reports ACT for America has organized rallies in 20 U.S. cities, including New York, Dallas and Atlanta.
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