BETHEL, Ohio – Donna Henson sat on her front porch this weekend, as she always does when the weather is nice, and watched dozens of her neighbors walk by with bats in their hands or guns strapped to their sides.
In Bethel, peaceful protesters would be seen by some as no different than looters and rioters. They represented chaos, the problems of other people from other places. They were met, however, by the much larger crowd Henson had seen from her front porch. Hundreds of them, counterprotesters and curious townspeople, many on motorcycles and brandishing weapons.
Before this, Bethel, about 30 miles east of Cincinnati, was known mostly as the home of Ulysses S. Grant's father, though the nation’s 18th president and commander of Union forces during the Civil War only lived here a short time. It also was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, a bit of history some protesters thought made it a logical choice for a Black Lives Matter rally.
Middleton, who is white, has been living for years with Jon Richardson, an African American man. She said most people don’t give her trouble about it, but some do, including her mother, who hasn’t spoken to her in months. Minutes later, Richardson walked over to Middleton, put his arm around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.'A sad day for Bethel'
“You live in a small community like this, you get to know a lot of people,” he said. “I don’t know. It was a sad day for Bethel.” Karnes and Sulken were on opposite sides of the protest, but they agreed on one thing Tuesday afternoon. Sort of.
No fair. They are stopping them from looting and rioting... I mean peacefully protesting.
BLM would be smart to stay in urban, Democrat areas.
White racists with guns showed up because of trumps bullshit wanting to shoot black Americans,trumps chaos in America must be stopped now we can’t wait for November or America will be on fire trump style 😼
I wonder is the FBI looking into this town. No wait is the FBI looking into........?
Seems to me if the liberal media wouldn’t glorify the rioters and looters, smaller towns would b more receptive to the peaceful protestors. But when that’s what they like to show, u can’t blame them fo wanting to protect their town from it
The videos shared online were FAR WORSE than your story portrays. Cops watching peaceful citizens get punched. Grown mean with weapons getting in the way of peaceful teenagers. It was bad. Your article glosses over how bad it was.
DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica
They all look so healthy and educated. 😳
I’m glad people are standing up to all this nonsense the government has no answer so time to protect.
Media won’t show
this small town is an example of USA community
Black people are not surprised by racist white people.
Dear Dan: what a bunch of condescending gobbledygook
This is southern Ohio, which has a long history of racism. Northeastern Ohio is night and day different. Please don’t judge an entire state by the actions of a few.
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The article read like the people defending their hometown were a bunch of thugs. Come on . Really...confederate flag n Ohio. Need pic...or I am not buying.
Incest is a bad idea
Nice one
God Bless Ohio ppl !
Clearly nobody read the article
Black Lives Matter uses violence and intimidation. They are terrorists.
I’m sure no looting or rioting occurred in that town.
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