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The thousands of #ShutDownDC demonstrators cheered upon their exit and are still chanting."įrom the AP: "A group of about 30 white nationalists has marched to a park near the White House for what they call a rally in favor of white civil rights. WUSA reporter Andrea McCarren tweets that, "The 10-15 #UniteTheRight2 demonstrators have left Lafayette Park, under police escort. AKNV8JhmIF- Lorenzo Hall August 12, 2018 Here’s #UnitetheRight2 organizer leading white nationalists to Lafayette Square. white nationalist movement have said they won't attend or have encouraged supporters to stay away," the AP reported. Also, The Associated Press reported that "Kessler's event could be lower than his estimate and likely will be dwarfed by counter-protests. Officials expect about as many as 400 white nationalists, but at least three times that number for the counter-protest. He was involved in last year's Charlottesville protest and got the permit approved for the Washington rally. Jason Kessler is the organizer of today's Washington white nationalists protest. You can see updates on the latest from Washington below. Here is a live feed link from WUSA in Washington.

#Unite the right dc organizer tv

You can watch a live stream of Washington D.C.s "Unite the Right 2" protest and counter protest here, provided by Fox 5 TV station. Police have erected a maze of barricades to keep the two sides apart, the news agency reports. The protest was scheduled for Lafayette Square Park while the counter-protest is nearby though the counter-protestors "plan to march to Lafayette Square in front of the White House, just before the arrival of the white nationalists," according to the AP. The Associated Press Press is reporting that the number of counter-protesters is "expected to dwarf" white nationalists protesters. protest and counter-protest also comes one day after tensions flared in Charlottesville and on the University of Virginia campus on the one year anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville protest.

Live stream information and updates are below in this story. "It doesn't matter if we have 14 people or, or 1,400 today," white nationalist rally organizer Jason Kessler told WUSA today. Members have been arriving in the city later this afternoon, making their way to Lafayette Square park but the gathering is sparse - with the AP reporting that "a contingent of about 30 white nationalists" marched down a Washington street toward the White House "surrounded by a protective bubble of police officers and vehicles" while counter-protesters taunted and shouted at them. The white nationalists' protest was expected to last until 7:30 p.m. But the white nationalist rally had little momentum, leaving before 5:30 with rain falling. (ET) – one year after the deadly Charlottesville incident. The 'Unite the Right 2' counter-protest got underway this afternoon in Washington, D.C, hours before a white civil rights rally was scheduled for the city at 5:30 p.m. "LATEST - Kessler is OUT of the White House perimeter and back in the Metro system," tweeted WUSA 9 reporter Mike Valerio at 5:20 p.m. "#ShutDownDC members continue to stand in the rain." "Unite the Right Rally members have now all left," tweeted WUSA reporter Arielle Buchmann at 5:12 p.m ET. President Trump later said there were “many fine people” among the white nationalists and blamed the violence “on both sides” - sparking outrage for appearing to offer support to the organizers of the protest.The "Unite the Right 2" rally today in Washington had a low turnout from white nationalists, some 10 to 15 as opposed to 400 once expected, causing counter-protesters to celebrate and taunt with chants of "go home." Two Virginia state troopers also were killed that weekend when their helicopter crashed in woods nearby. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when she was struck by a car driven by a white nationalist that had rammed a crowd of counterprotesters.

Scores of peaceful demonstrators who got caught in the middle were also injured. Paul Brandus: Charlottesville anniversary and LeBron James tweet point to uncomfortable conclusion about TrumpĬharlottesville cops came under intense scrutiny a year ago for not intervening in the clashes between the torch-carrying racists and violent anti-fascist counterprotesters after video showed officers standing by and watching as people were beaten. Ralph Northam and the city of Charlottesville declared a state of emergency ahead of the anniversary of the initial Unite the Right rally. Kessler, who dubbed this year’s event “Unite the Right 2,” filed paperwork with the Park Service in May for a permit allowing 400 people to demonstrate in Lafayette Park, just across from the White House grounds, “to protest civil rights abuse in Charlottesville Va/white civil rights rally.”