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making a murderer
Hundreds expected at protest in support of Making a Murderer accused
Police said they are expecting anti-activists to show up.
A LARGE PROTEST is due to take place today in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, in support of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, who feature in the popular Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer.
Both men were convicted over the 2005 murder of Teresa Halback.
There are three separate protest groups which will all gather together at Manitowoc County courthouse this morning. Organisers say it will not just be their voices, but those of Steven and Brendan, that will be heard. Hundreds of people are expected to take part.
On the Steven Avery Project Facebook page, protesters are reminded to “keep it peaceful”.
“There will most likely be anti Steven [and] Brendan protesters as well,” organisers warned. “Keep our signs clean and supportive.”
Police told WLUK they are making preparations for the protest.
“Obviously there are a lot of people that feel very passionately about what they’ve seen on Netflix and if they want to come and exercise their rights they certainly can do that,” commented Captain Larry Zimney.
“We’re trying to be as accommodating as possible, as we can be. We realise and we respect their First Amendment constitutional right to do what they are doing. There are a lot of people in Manitowoc County that think Steven Avery is right where he needs to be. We’ve planned for that, so if we do get anti-activists showing up, we are prepared to deal with that.”
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