HateWatchReport.com, a local tracker of racist and right-wing activity, reports that three people from the New York chapter of the hate group "White Lives Matter" held a banner Jan. 14 in front of the gazebo in the park in Chatham. The group has been recently placing recruitment stickers on park benches, parking meters, utility poles, and road signs in Hudson and Stockport and have posted a video of a “meet-up” in North Greenbush. On January 14, three white supremacists were seen holding a banner for the group in the village square in Chatham. The identity of the three racists was obscured by masks and winter clothing. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups nationally, says the White Lives Matter group first formed in Texas about seven years ago by leaders associated with neo-Nazi groups. In response, the HateWatchReport.com group is urging local residents to attend a counter-protest at noon Jan. 19 at the Village of Chatham gazebo.