© David Crane, Daily News/SCNGProtestors in support of Maxine Waters stood by to protect her field office in Los Angeles from a possible appearance by the “Oath Keepers”, an anti-government militia that has staged armed protests in cities across the country. The Oath Keepers failed to show up at the office.
Amid controversy over comments by Rep. Maxine Waters, the militant group Oath Keepers scheduled a protest at the Democrat's Los Angeles district office Thursday afternoon, only to apparently agree to call it off after police expressed fears of clashes with counter-demonstrators.
Dozens of Waters supporters, led by people waving signs and chanting into bullhorns, showed up well before the 1 p.m. stated start time for the protest by the group.
But shortly before 1, police who had been watching over the scene at South Broadway and 102nd Street, began spreading the word that the Oath Keepers weren't coming.
LAPD Sgt. Childress said police and Oath Keepers leaders spoke and decided "to maybe find a different avenue to express themselves."
Childress, who wouldn't give his first name, said police "wanted to make sure this remained peaceful."
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