Nazis March In Tennessee Today. Last Time That Happened I Ended Up With Antifa In A High
Corey Lemley Corey
Tennessee antifa mobilizing tomorrow to meet Nazis planning to protest the Women's March in Knoxville. https://t.co/WUs0kr7Px6 Here's video of  Corey Lemley  of @NashvilleARA telling me last October about the dangers anti-fascists face when confronting fascism and racism. pic.twitter.com/XA5oehXws0
âIs that truck with you guys?â I asked  Corey Lemley   an anti-fascist activist sitting in the passenger seat of my rental car. Lemley turned to look out the back window.
âMurfreesboro  we got your back!â shouted one ARA member  as  Lemley  and the troop made their way down the street. His fellow antifa roared in response  âWe got your back! We got your back!â
Iâd interviewed  Lemley  a few days earlier over the phone.  He  was the local antifa front man  in part because  he âd been organizing publicly in the Nashville area for months after white supremacists doxed  him . Weâd arranged to do a post-rally interview  this one on camera  and  Lemley  gave me the address of a safe house where I could pick  him  up to drive  him  to a HuffPost video team.
The GMC  though  was a more pressing concern. As soon as  Lemley  and another ARA member got into my car  the black pickup had appeared  right behind us  not even feigning subtlety after we doubled back on a side street.
 Lemley  reached into a backpack at  his  feet.
âIf they want it  they can get it â  he  said.
 He  pulled out a .40 caliber Sig Sauer P226.
The gun chk-chkd as  he  chambered a round.
Corey Lemley Corey Lemley (in black beanie) of Nashville ARA defends a line of clergy during the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville  Virginia  on Aug. 12  2017.
âThey could be militia â I said to  Lemley   referring to the far-right Three Percenter groups that often show up at Nazi rallies and stand with their backs to the fascists and long guns pointed at anti-fascists  seemingly looking for an excuse to shoot.
And we hadnât been the only ones followed.  Lemley  later learned that around six other trucks had tailed anti-fascist vehicles after the rally.  It  had been a coordinated operation. A member of Nashville ARA who goes by Julez described to me how trucks had circled the safe house late into the night.
Tennessee antifa mobilizing tomorrow to meet Nazis planning to protest the Women's March in Knoxville. https://t.co/WUs0kr7Px6 Here's video of  Corey Lemley  of @NashvilleARA telling me last October about the dangers anti-fascists face when confronting fascism and racism. pic.twitter.com/XA5oehXws0
âIs that truck with you guys?â I asked  Corey Lemley   an anti-fascist activist sitting in the passenger seat of my rental car. Lemley turned to look out the back window.
âMurfreesboro  we got your back!â shouted one ARA member  as  Lemley  and the troop made their way down the street. His fellow antifa roared in response  âWe got your back! We got your back!â
Iâd interviewed  Lemley  a few days earlier over the phone.  He  was the local antifa front man  in part because  he âd been organizing publicly in the Nashville area for months after white supremacists doxed  him . Weâd arranged to do a post-rally interview  this one on camera  and  Lemley  gave me the address of a safe house where I could pick  him  up to drive  him  to a HuffPost video team.
The GMC  though  was a more pressing concern. As soon as  Lemley  and another ARA member got into my car  the black pickup had appeared  right behind us  not even feigning subtlety after we doubled back on a side street.
 Lemley  reached into a backpack at  his  feet.
âIf they want it  they can get it â  he  said.
 He  pulled out a .40 caliber Sig Sauer P226.
The gun chk-chkd as  he  chambered a round.
 [TGT]  defends a line of clergy during the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville  Virginia  on Aug. 12  2017.
âThey could be militia â I said to  Lemley   referring to the far-right Three Percenter groups that often show up at Nazi rallies and stand with their backs to the fascists and long guns pointed at anti-fascists  seemingly looking for an excuse to shoot.
And we hadnât been the only ones followed.   [TGT]   later learned that around six other trucks had tailed anti-fascist vehicles after the rally.   [TGT]   had been a coordinated operation. A member of Nashville ARA who goes by Julez described to me how trucks had circled the safe house late into the night.