Despite the Rain...

The Rally for Freedom, organized as a response to the ban of the originally planned anti-halal demonstration, took place today (Saturday) in Lyon despite the rain. (It's pouring here on the East Coast also.) Novopress sent this report at 3:30 p.m. Lyon time:

The "Rassemblement pour la Liberté" is in full swing at place Saint-Jean in Lyon. It is taking place under a heavy rain that did not discourage numerous defenders of freedom of expression from coming out but it did interfere with the videos we had planned on showing you.

According to a police source, this demonstration attracted 550 persons despite the bad weather. The organizers counted 600 participants.

The article gives the Twitter address for those who were following the event live.

There were several speeches. Among those who spoke were Philippe Vardon, Jean-David Cattin, Arnaud Gouillon, Fabrice Robert, and also a leader of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, who spoke for the first time in France.

A reminder that this gathering took place at the urging of the Bloc Identitaire and Rebeyne (the Lyon branch of the Bloc) after the incredible ban of the "Pig March" by the Prefect of the Rhône.

You can review my earlier article here.

Top and below, two of the first photos of the event.