You have the right to protest (and anti-protest), but that protest must be lawful, once violence or destruction occurs your voice becomes mute – PB/TK
Torch-wielding white nationalists march through University of Virginia campus -By Stefan Becket / Aug 12 2017
Violence broke out Friday night as a large crowd of white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia (UVA) campus carrying tiki torches and chanting “you will not replace us.”
The group marched ahead of a demonstration planned for Saturday to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A federal judge issued a ruling Friday night allowing the Saturday rally to go forward.
Friday’s march began around 10 p.m. at an intramural field and the crowd proceeded to a statue of Thomas Jefferson on the UVA campus. Jefferson founded the university in 1819
More than 100 alt-right activists, white nationalists and neo-Confederates chanted “white lives matter” as they faced off against counter-protesters at the statue, CBS affiliate WTVR-TV reports.
Police arrived on the scene and declared the assembly unlawful. Fights broke out between the two groups of demonstrators, with some marchers swinging their torches. Several people were injured and at least one was arrested, according to the Daily Progress, a newspaper in Charlottesville.
Continue to cbsnews.com article: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/torch-carrying-white-nationalists-march-through-university-of-virginia-ahead-of-rally/
