Tens of thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston today, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists, and triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week earlier in Virginia.
A so-called “free speech” rally by far-right groups had been scheduled to run until 2pm local time but a half-hour before that police escorted its participants past the throng of anti-racism protesters.
Aerial photos showed the latter group filling one of Boston’s main streets for several blocks, in a huge outpouring of anti-racist sentiment in this strongly Democratic northeastern city.
US President Donald Trump praised “tough and smart” police officers who he said dealt with anti-police agitators.
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