- Title: White nationalist rally dispersed in Virginia after factions clash
- Date: 12th August 2017
- Summary: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 12, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** POLICE IN RIOT GEAR WIDE OF PROTESTERS ON ROAD NATIONALIST PROTESTERS WALKING, PASSING BY POLICE IN RIOT GEAR MORE OF NATIONALIST PROTESTERS MARCHING BANNER THAT READS "DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER" COUNTER-PROTESTERS WALKING BEHIND NATIONALIST PROTESTERS, WOMAN RAISING HER MIDDLE FINGER POLICE STANDING IN THE STREET ARMORED VEHICLE MINOR SCUFFLES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AS THEY WALK COUNTER-PROTESTER BEING HIT WITH STICKS AT ENTRANCE OF PARKING GARAGE VARIOUS OF OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR
- Embargoed: 26th August 2017 18:47
- Keywords: Virginia protests KKK rally Charlottesville nationalists Black Lives Matter supremacists Robert E Lee statue Unite the Right
- Location: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
- City: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TUORPJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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White nationalists clashed with counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday (August 12), prompting the governor to declare an emergency and stop a rally to protest the planned removal of a Confederate general from a public park.
Fighting broke out in the city's downtown before noon when hundreds of people, some wearing white nationalist symbols and carrying Confederate battle flags, were confronted by a nearly equal number of counter-protesters. The clashes began the previous evening, resulting in at least one arrest.
At least two people were injured in clashes on Saturday, Virginia State Police said on Twitter. Local law enforcement agencies could not be reached immediately for comment.
The clash unfolded ahead of the planned start of a "Unite the Right" rally that was expected to draw thousands of people who are angry at the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a public park. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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