Thousands of anti-racism marchers flooded the streets of Boston yesterday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city 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 (4am AEST), but a half-hour before that police escorted its participants — whose numbers appeared to be in the dozens — to safety past a throng of anti-racism protesters.
Officials estimated the turnout as about 40,000 demonstrators. Authorities said 27 people were arrested, mostly for assault and battery against the police, and disorderly conduct.
Aerial photos showed counter-protesters filling one of Boston’s main streets for several blocks, in a huge outpouring of anti-racist sentiment in this strongly Democratic northeastern city.
Read the article in The Australian (AFP).