They organized their party there but not everyone showed up to join their party. Others showed up just to protest the removal of the statue.
This has to be one of the saddest defenses I've ever heard. I can see their meeting now...
Leader. "Hey guys you want to go protest the removal of a statue?"
Group. "Yeah! When are we going"
Leader "well I was thinking the 19th would be okay the 26th we are free too, but if we go on the 12th we can join the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazis and stand side by side with them instead at the rally they are putting together."
Group. "Uhhhh...."
Leader "seriously if we go on the 12th I heard we'll get to hear from four of the largest American Nazi leaders and a Grand wizard"
Group "are you sure about this?"
Leader "I have it on good authority that the president will even call us very nice people for making this decision to choose to join with a Nazi and KKK rally"
Group "you had me at chumming with the Klan, the 12th it is"