Police Found Hammers, Bike Chains Hidden Ahead Of WLM Rally

MURFREESBORO, TN — In sweeps before and after the ultimately cancelled "White Lives Matter" rally in Murfreesboro Saturday, law enforcement discovered a variety of potential weapons squirreled away in caches near the city's square.

In the end, of course, it was all for naught, as the organizers of the rally — who would have faced off against as many as 1,000 counter-protesters — decided to cancel the event and instead decamped for lunch at a secluded state park 45 minutes away, where they formed a human swastika. Later Saturday, an interracial couple was harassed and assaulted by a group of 20 to 30 people who were talking about the rally.

Law enforcement said during the sweeps they found and seized:

• 4 hammers
• 1 bike chain
• 1 butter knife
• 1 homemade sap (a rubber-covered concrete mallet)
• two bike chain locks
• one homemade spike

It is unknown by whom the items were hidden.

There was no property damage and no arrests during the Murfreesboro rally.

Photo by J.R. Lind, Patch.com staff