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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26-- A far-right group known as Patriot Prayer has relinquished the permit for a rally scheduled for Saturday afternoon in San Francisco on the U.S. West Coast. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said in a press release early Saturday that while the Golden Gate National Recreation Area confirmed that Patriot Prayer has cancelled the rally at Crissy Field, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and the city's public safety agencies are prepared for contingencies and spontaneous events. "San Francisco does not welcome outside agitators whose messages of hate have the sole purpose of inciting violence," said Lee, who together with Nancy Pelosi, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was blamed by the leader of Patriot Prayer for mislabeling the group as promoting white supremacy and hatred. Joey Gibson, in a Facebook Live broadcast Friday afternoon announcing his decision to call off the "free speech rally," said the event at Crissy Field, a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, could be "a trap." "After several conversations with the police and understanding the situation of what's going on, we decided that tomorrow really seems like a setup," Gibson said on Friday, without elaboration. "It doesn't seem safe. A lot of people's lives are going to be in danger tomorrow." Short of identifying or clarifying its political ideology, Gibson and three other organizers claimed on the social media platform during the broadcast that Patriot Prayer is a multi-ethnic group. | 
