ADVERTISEMENTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― Once again, white supremacists and the aggressive fringe groups that show up to meet them took over an American city that never wanted them in the first place. — Terry McAuliffe (@GovernorVA) August 12, 2017A full hour before the planned rally, Antifa and white supremacists got into clashes, hitting each other with sticks and spraying irritants. Unidentified militia has arrived at #EmancipationPark ahead of the #Charlottesville rally with guns in tow. Counter-protesters told HuffPost that some among their ranks were then hit with some type of irritant ― they claim it was mace, unleashed by the white supremacists. Indeed, Charlottesville had seen this type of menacing before: White supremacists showed up with torches at the Lee monument in May, an act that evoked Ku Klux Klan symbolism.

Source: Huffington Post August 12, 2017 14:29 UTC