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The Mother of All Rallies, Trump critics and juggalos protest all setting up in Washington

Click to play video: 'Juggalos protest at Washington D.C. against FBI classifying them as a gang'
Juggalos protest at Washington D.C. against FBI classifying them as a gang
WATCH: Juggalos protest at Washington D.C. against FBI classifying them as a gang – Sep 16, 2017

Washington has always been a magnet for protests of all stripes, but Saturday’s lineup looks to be particularly raucous.

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The Washington Mall will hold what organizers are calling “The Mother of All Rallies” in support of President Donald Trump. A short distance away, a group of anti-Trump demonstrators will gather to demand that Trump take stronger action against Russia in response to Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election.

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Trump supporters show up in Washington, D.C. for ‘Mother of All Rallies’

And in front of the Lincoln Memorial, thousands of so-called juggalos – supporters of the rap group Insane Clown Posse – will stage a concert and rally to demand that the FBI rescind its classification of juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang.”

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The rap duo, specializing in “horrorcore,” has developed an intensely devoted fanbase over the course of a 25-year career. The annual Gathering of the Juggalos music festival draws thousands and is now in its 18th year.

A 2011 report by the Justice Department’s Gang Task Force placed the juggalos, who favour extensive tattoos and outlandish face paint, in the same classification as overtly violent gangs like the Bloods and the Crips. The report said juggalos are “forming more organized subsets and engaging in more gang-like criminal activity.”

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The rap group and its fans claim to be a nonviolent community subject to largely class-based discrimination by law enforcement.

The band, along with the ACLU, sued the FBI in 2014 seeking to change the classification but with little success so far.

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Police say they are ready for the protests, which are nothing new in the nation’s capital.

“Right now, there’s a demonstration of some sort happening at the White house. I guarantee you,” said Jeffery Carroll, assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. “It’s part of D.C. It’s in the fabric of the city.”

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