SAN FRANCISCO Anthony Morrow Jersey , Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nearly two weeks ago, on August 13, a day after the deadly violence in Charlottesville in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia, it was said that a far-right group would come to this city on the U.S. West Coast.

At the time, at the Civic Center Plaza in front of San Francisco's historical City Hall, hundreds of residents gathered to show solidarity with Charlottesville, where a white nationalist rally turned violent, resulting in three deaths and the injury of dozens.

There were words then that the Patriot Prayer group would come to town for a rally at Crissy Field, a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in this Northern California city.

The result, on Saturday, was that dozens of counter-protesters showed up at Crissy Field, where the Patriot Prayer rally was initially planned; thousands moved into Alamo Square Park, where the group said it would hold a news conference; and another thousands at Civic Center Plaza, for a "Peace, Love and Understanding" rally.

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area actually issued permits for five events on Saturday, including one for Patriot Prayer's "free speech rally," and four others presumably for those that were against it.

On Friday afternoon, Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer, announced together with three other organizers in a Facebook Live broadcast that he would call off the rally, as it "seems like a setup," or "a trap," and "doesn't seem safe."

While blaming elected officials such as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, U.S. House of Representative member Nancy Pelosi and media for mislabeling the group as promoting white supremacy and hatred, Gibson said they would hold a news conference on Saturday at Alamo Square Park, to "tell truth."

However, Gibson never came.

Instead, he went to Pacifica, a city 13 miles, or 21 kilometers, to its south.

There, he did have a news conference, blaming elected officials again for going against his group and for emphasizing its possibility to bring in white nationalists for a violent confrontation with San Franciscans.

Patriot Prayer, according to their Facebook page, is based in Portland, the biggest city of Oregon.

At the Civic Center Plaza, the crowd started to build around noon. At 1:20 p.m., when the news broke out that the Patriot Prayer news conference scheduled for 2:00 p.m. was moving out of the town, people cheered and laughed.

The event was supposed to be speeches and songs, but ended up with songs and music.

The shadow of Charlottesville was subtle, with a counter-protester holding a sign that reads "Heather Sent Me," referring to Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal killed in the Charlottesville rally when a man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters

Another sign showed Heyer's picture and her mother's words: "Hate only engenders more hate, and there's no purpose in hate."

For five hours, the music was loud and the crowd was cheerful. Unlike most other rallies, there was hardly any chants. But the crowd did pledge at the end: "No Hate in San Francisco."

At its height, the rally attracted an estimated 20,000 people, including counter-protesters from Alamo Square Park.

Mayor Lee issued a statement at end of the day, saying, "Today, the people of San Francisco, once again, peacefully united to reject hate and violence... Throughout our city, the theme of love and compassion loudly dominated the rhetoric of hate and violence."

Gibson, of Patriot Prayer, reportedly went to the Civic Center Plaza, only after the "Peace, Love and Understanding" rally ended.

On the Facebook social media platform, the 33-year-old acknowledged in a live broadcast Saturday that "today has been a crazy day."

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