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#Atlantic City protesters could clash with Pagan’s Motorcycle Club: mayor

#Atlantic City protesters could clash with Pagan’s Motorcycle Club: mayor

July 1, 2020 | 9:53am

Atlantic City officials are trying to thwart a George Floyd protest on July 4th that could bring in counterprotesters from the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, the city’s mayor said.

The demonstration is set for Saturday in front of the city’s Public Safety Building on Atlantic Avenue — but Mayor Marty Small Sr. said he and other officials have been in constant talks with the organizer, Steve Young, in hopes of nixing it.

“Let me just say this, we’re all for peaceful protests. We wouldn’t deny anyone the right to peaceful protest,” Small said in a Facebook Live video Tuesday night.

“However, we saw what happened when the initial peaceful protest turned for the worse. It wasn’t a good look on our city, it was an embarrassment, it was a detriment to our property to the businesses. People are just starting to recover.”

Small was referring to riots that swept across the city May 31 into June 1 as protests over Floyd’s death turned violent.

Young has vowed to “shut the city down” with the 1 p.m. protest, the Press of Atlantic City reported.

On Tuesday, a person who identified himself as a “Pagan” called into WPG Talk Radio saying 300 members of the outlaw motorcycle club were planning “to counter the Steve Young protest and support the police.”

“We plan on stopping those who plan on blocking things, from letting people into Atlantic City that need to work, that have come down to support the community and businesses that have been shut down, shuttered for the last three months,” the caller said.

Small said he was focused on protecting Atlantic City businesses that just reopened after closing due to coronavirus.

“This weekend and any other weekend, it’s too important to stop the flow of businesses. All of our families and friends are coming back to work,” he said.

As for the potential presence of Pagans, the mayor added, “That is all fine and dandy. However, we are going to take care of our affairs here in the city of Atlantic City.”

The Pagans — who investigators say are involved in drug trafficking and extortion — have grown from 10 to 17 chapters in New Jersey since 2016. There are roughly 900 Pagans across the country and 300 in the Garden State.

With Post wires

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