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Boston alt-right rally attracts 20 people, counter-protest estimated at 15,000

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TyrantII

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From today:
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Also, eye witness on the few arrests:
By erik g on Sat, 08/19/2017 - 8:07pm
Some friends and I happened to wander past the boylston street exit right as the Nazis were being escorted out in police vehicles, so I was on the front lines for what happened next. The crowd was pretty densely packed in between the fence around the Common and the buildings on the other side of the street, so when the riot police showed up and formed a wedge to drive the crowd back, there wasn't much space for us to go anywhere. I got a baton shoved in my face by an unsmiling man in full body armor. One of the people arrested was the guy on my immediate right, who I can't honestly tell if he fell down or went limp in front of the wedge. If they try to make charges against him stick, they're going to have a hell of a hard time convincing a jury. Dude didn't throw hands or in any way attack the police, he just didn't clear the way fast enough for them. It was a little chaotic, but the same appeared to be true for the other half dozen arrests near me.

Meanwhile, antifa was literally on the roof tops behind us, and...did nothing. Just kept the cameras rolling. There were some harsh words spoken, but the guys with bandanas over their faces weren't the ones being arrested, and weren't doing anything to antagonize the police. Since it was so obvious that the Nazis were fleeing with their tails between their legs, there wasn't really anything for antifa to do.
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ResoRai

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TyrantII said:
Some photos here: http://imgur.com/a/ZNBBy

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Great rally against hate and ignorance. Not much to shoot but a bunch of Bostonians and visitors from all walks of life coming together to preach against hate and bigotry.

Proud of this city. #BostonStrong
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Shame about the few idiots who threw urine, but this overall was damn great. Thanks to everyone who attended to drown out their hate.

All the people we've had defending self proclaimed Nazis and White Supremacists was so damn draining, but these pictures and the amount of people that showed up man....
Seriously got me teary eyed :)
 
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ericexpo

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I was watching the viceland documentary today and realized these "white nationalist" couldn't take down a kids lemonade stand. At the same time they act like they are stand for one thing they can't agree on one item, some are okay with different races, some jewish people are okay, they hate women but at the same time they have be part of their group. they're a fucking joke
 
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