[Rally organizers] specifically said they didn’t want a permit, … It’s a peaceful protest, so we’re going to take our time getting them out of here.

If there is civil disobedience, and violent civil disobedience, then we are prepared to make arrests and mass arrests if needed.

It was closed just briefly and reopened. We had a situation we were looking into,

Three of (the victims) were transported to a local hospital and are being treated with non-life-threatening injuries,

We invited 25 in, and unfortunately, that’s not what happened, … It’s a security issue — they knew this ahead of time.

We expect it to be a peaceful event,

We meet with these organizers over and over again, … We don’t expect problems. We expect it to be a peaceful demonstration.