Shout out to everyone at the counter-protests. Very few fash showed up in most places, and were vastly outnumbered. There was an incident at the one I attended where a racist started squaring up with a black guy, and both got arrested. Thankfully the crowd pressured the police to release the black guy (with chants like Give Him Back) and we successfully got him de-arrested and released!
It's heavily likely that a lot of the 100+ announced attacks were decoys or testing public & police response. That, or the fash got intimidated by the numbers. But I think one of the first is more likely.
However, showing up was not useless! Sending a message in every area that we will not tolerate racist attacks and that we will protect our community. If you can, please turn up to the day of counter-protests on Saturday. Check out the green and black cross website for advice (especially legal advice) to stay safe during protests & counter-protests.
https://greenandblackcross.org/guides/key-advice/