Josh Ferrell, wearing the sweatshirt of the same fraternity that Martin Luther King Jr. pledged,

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attended the rally as a form of protest. He is against the form of demonstration.

"I'm not here to support this," said the 21-year-old Georgia State university graduate. "This is a form of regression. People go strong for a week then they back on the Internet talking about what they want for Christmas.

As Ferrell watched, a speaker screamed, "No justice. No Peace," a phrase firmly entrenched in modern black protest.

"This just promotes more violence," Ferrell said. "Why say 'no justice. No peace?' You want peace."

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