Back the Blue! BLM...Picture overload...

Saturday morning we left the house about 0800 heading towards Minden, NV. Black Lives Matter groups were expected to be in town protesting the Sheriff's Department.  We were going to show our support for law enforcement.  Back the Blue! 

I realize the language could offend..but REALLY the best shirt of the day!! 
Teresa and Derek, we thought you'd appreciate this one!

Our neighbors Joe and Stacey were also going along with some friends. Joe is actually part of a militia group so he along with many others were going to be helping out the Sheriff's Department.  Nevada is an open carry state so there were going to definitely be a lot of guns showing in that little town. 

Along Highway 395

We got there about 0915 and the main drag of Highway 395 was already covered in Patriotic Americans!  Honking and waving we found ourselves a parking space on the far side of Carson Valley Inn.  

In front of the court house

A few of the militia 

Lots of people brought water in ice chests and handed them out to whoever needed them..no charge 💟

A few of the BLM on the left side of pic..

Lots of American Flags, Thin Blue Line flags and Trump flags!
Not ONE Biden flag!

Love this sign! There were a few masks in the crowd but not many for the amount of people there..

Grabbed our stuff and off we went to join in with these people! We started at the court house where we were waiting for the Sheriff of Douglas County to speak. We ended up leaving before he got there. Thought we would head back to 395 and join in there and then over to another section of the rally.  Pretty much did this most of the time we were there.  We talked with several people throughout the day. When they found out we from Yerington (Lyon County) they all thanked us for coming out to support Back the Blue! Some even said if anything like this happened in Yerington, they would be there to support too! 

We definitely agree with this statement!!

Gotta love this one too! 

Douglas County Sheriffs ...💙

Highway 395..the main drag through town! 

A lot of these Back the Blue T Shirts all over town..

More Back the Blue! 

Gotta love this Patriotic Jeep! 

Even better...He paid to have this plate...1 MAGA..Make America Great Again..

The ones in the middle..BLM..being escorted down the road..

Sheriff's SWAT ..they weren't needed but well prepared.  Media was out here at this point. BOY are they not
liked!  Told by people to go back to their city (RENO).  Told them YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!! FAKE NEWS!!
It was something ..they left the area. 😃

A few of the Mounted Patrol..later about 12 more came out!

Cream of the crop..BLM..he had to erase the E he had on the sign. He works out and finds the sun..

The guy in blue was trying to have a civll conversation with this guy..He's the one who said, defund the police
and hire social workers.  I give the guy in blue credit for trying to talk to the kids...but wasted his breath!
HIs sign says...All Lives can't matter until black lives do!

He's so interested in what's being said, he has to check social media haha...😂

Love the guy in yellow..he was saying how he feels nothing but love and using the race card needs to stop!
He's black himself.  He got heated a few times taking with the BLM kids..

Somewhere around 1100 we finally saw some of the BLM group. Interesting, most looked like spoiled little liberal college kids probably from Berkeley or San Francisco. Most looked like their signs were made in about 2 minutes, and misspelled. People would try to talk to them, and they got hostile and about the most one kid said was "We need more social workers and to defund the police" Well, that ain't happening in Minden, NV. 

We know they're there for a paycheck and a bus ride. The oldest we saw was probably 22 or so. They don't have a clue of what they're standing for, glad we got to see this group. A nice big group of Patriots helped push them out of the area. 

This girl was ridiculous..

Lots of these signs...I know there's a lot of people who believe what the media says, but daily things are
coming out that are false. Media only wants to incite the panic..

This precious girl and her friend looked to be about 16..Bet her momma's proud (oh wait, probably why she's
this way)..Both of her signs included the F word..Her friends shorts can't get any shorter either..

Ready to move em out!! 

Watching from above the Sheriff's Department 

Helping some BLM move out!! There didn't turn out to be too many..under 40 I would say. More buses were
supposed to come, but they probably heard they wouldn't get anything accomplished in this town! 

Later on we'd see a group of 3 or 4 walking and they'd be moved on too. Right before we were leaving we saw a few gathered and the leader was going to speak. Nope not happening..A cowboy with a 30/30 decided it was time for the Pledge of Allegiance. He started it and the whole crowd joined in. Awesome to see and then the BLM moved on! 

The Cowboy that started the Pledge of Allegiance! Awesome!

Joe stayed much later along with the Sheriffs and other militia groups. One of the BLM pushed an elderly man down..that didn't go over well. Other than that it was peaceful.  He had heard that ANTIFA was supposed to show, but they didn't. Possibly another protest next weekend. We will see. 

We ended up leaving about 1230 and headed over to Carson City to have lunch at Betsy's Big Kitchen. Got ourselves home after that and pretty much the day was done.  

Once it cooled off we headed outside to enjoy the sunset.  We moved to the back of the house later and enjoyed the millions of stars that came out!! Nice temps, clear skies, stars, a little wine and the hubby. Does it get any better than that! 

We probably went to bed around 2300. I say probably because I didn't look at the clock. 

Sunday morning I woke up at 0515, thought i'll lay here until 0530. Well, it was 0645..uhuh..Oh well it's Sunday right?! Not much happening so it's been a lazy Sunday.  It's a hot 97 degrees so hunkered down inside with the a/c on. Hope you're enjoying your day! 

Just another adorable picture of Jacob and Allissa in Florida..💜

That grin 💙