Posted on 08/12/2018 1:32:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Far-right protesters and counter-protesters have descended on Washington, D.C., on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
Earlier in the day on Sunday, hundreds of counter-protesters took part in demonstrations across the city as white nationalists prepared for their rally.
Apparent smoke bombs set off at white nationalist rally
Updated: 4:18 p.m.
The Hill witnessed what appeared to be at least one smoke bomb go off at the beginning of the "Unite the Right 2."
Someone appears to have set off a smoke bomb at the center of an anti-fascist protest.
'Unite the Rally 2' draws huge counterprotests
Updated: 4:14 p.m.
Around two dozen white nationalists have arrived at Lafayette Park for “Unite the Right 2,” a rally commemorating the one-year anniversary since last year’s deadly Charlottesville demonstrations.
Though white nationalist organizer Jason Kessler originally said he suspected there could be up to 400 attendees, it appears there were only around 25.
On the other side of the park, thousands of counterprotesters have mobilized against the white supremacists. The counter-protesters, who marched in from separate events throughout the city, are marching throughout the roads surrounding the White House and gathering on the side of Lafayette Park where they have a permit.
There is significant distance between the dueling demonstrations, with each side barricaded off. Police in neon vests are gathered in the middle.
Law enforcement escorted the roughly 25 white nationalists onto the side closer to the White House.
Kessler has been speaking and intermittently taking breaks for around 20 minutes so far.
There were about the same number of people shot in Chicago this weekend as the total number of Neo Nazis marching.
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