This weekend, a white nationalist group made its way through downtown Louisville.

The group peacefully assembled with little confrontation.

But as our June LaFleur reports, Louisville leaders condemn the ideology behind the March.

This popular social media account posted a video Saturday of masked people in Louisville carrying American and Confederate flags.

The group appears to be Patriot Front, a far right white supremacist group, according to hate group watchdogs and records from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Louisville's police said, quote, this event, although understandably concerning, posed no threat to the public and had no impact on traffic or other operations in the city.

Therefore, it is our hope that nobody gives this group the coverage and attention that it is seeking.

Although many protests happened downtown Louisville leaders push back on what they saw.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg wrote, quote, I strongly condemn this group.

Their message and their activity.

They're focused on hate and have no place in our city or anywhere else.

The local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said, quote, it's unfortunate that this group felt comfortable enough to display its venom and ignorance on a Louisville city street.

It will never be tolerated.

Louisville based reporter Philip Bailey says the group has been spotted in cities across the nation.

And I think it took a lot of people by surprise because there had been no sort of heads up, you know, initiation or alert of this protest by the organization or by the city.

And again, I think it goes back to their mode, their pop up strategy.

Well, look, I think there are a lot of reasons that Louisville is going to be a target for hate groups like these, right?

President Trump has already called out of the city and other urban centers for being sanctuary areas.

There's a lot of crack down on immigration via the Trump administration.

And groups like the Patriot Front are adamant, you know, even in their chance, you know, American for Americans who when Thomas Russo talks about that, he's explicit in saying that's only white Americans, right?

They do not have a vision of a multiracial democracy.

So these organizations and others have latched on to that.

And I think you're going to see in diverse cities like Louisville, which has a higher black population, a higher immigrant population than other cities in the state, are certainly going to become focal points for groups like these in the future.

It's not clear how many of these masked men came from other states or right here in Louisville.

This poster for the group was spotted in Louisville weeks ago.

For Kentucky edition, I'm John Lefler.