History Of The Charlottesville Protest

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The Charlottesville protest, also known as the “Unite the Right” rally, started as an opposition to the proposed removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park of Charlottesville, Virginia. Protesters present at the rally included Klansmen, Neo-nazis, white nationalist and white supremacists. The group participated in a torchlit procession, which was a symbolic march used by these types for groups for the past 100 years (Heim, 2017). The members of the group were carrying semi-automatic weapons through the streets of Charlottesville, while chanting racist and antisemitic slurs. The rally turned violent when the group came upon resilient counter-protesters who were actively trying to stop the rally (Heim, 2017). The rally that took

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