Unite the Right Rally, Counterprotesters Descend on DC
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A year after a deadly gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, the principal organizer of 2017's "Unite the Right" event scheduled a so-called white civil rights rally some 115 miles away in Washington D.C. Counterprotesters descended on the city as well, and police prepared to keep violence at bay.
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Metro Police form a protective phalanx around participants in the white supremacist Unite the Right rally as they march to the White House Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Metro Police form a protective phalanx around participants in the white supremacist Unite the Right rally as they march to the White House Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (in red) monitors the Unite the Right rally at the Joint Operations Command Center.
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A crowd of counterprotesters are gathered at Freedom Plaza.
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Counterprotesters are holding signs on their march to Freedom Plaza.
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Counterprotestors are gathered across from the White House in Lafayette Park.
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A group of counterprotesters on their way to Lafayette Park.
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A crowd of counterprotesters are marching to Lafayette Park.
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Fairfax County Police escort white supremacists as they walk toward the Vienna/Fairfax GMU Metro Station to travel by train to the White House for the Unite the Right rally Aug. 12, 2018, in Vienna, Virginia.
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Surrounded by his supporters, reporters and Fairfax County Police, Jason Kessler walks toward the Vienna/Fairfax GMU Metro Station to travel by train to the White House for his white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally, Aug. 12, 2018, in Vienna, Virginia.
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A man wears a "TRUMP" hat as he and his fellow white supremacists walk toward the Vienna/Fairfax GMU Metro Station to travel by train to the White House for the Unite the Right rally Aug. 12, 2018, in Vienna, Virginia.
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A "White Lives Matter" supporter and his fellow white supremacists gather outside the Vienna/Fairfax GMU Metro Station before traveling by train to the White House for the Unite the Right rally Aug. 12, 2018, in Vienna, Virginia.
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Fairfax County Police arrest one demonstrator outside the Vienna/Fairfax GMU Metro Station after the Unite the Right participants entered the station before traveling to the White House Aug. 12, 2018, in Vienna, Virginia. It was not clear who the person arrested was supporting.
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Signs like this line the roads to the Vienna, Virginia, Metro station, where Unite the Right demonstrators catch the train into D.C.
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Heavy police presence at the Vienna, Virginia, Metro station. The north parking garage is closed.
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Police gather at the Foggy Bottom metro station in anticipation of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Police and counterprotesters gather at the Foggy Bottom metro station in anticipation of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Counterprotesters gather at Freedom Plaza before the Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park on Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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Police gather in front of the White House ahead of the planned white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Signs are laid out as counterprotesters gather at Freedom Plaza ahead of the Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House, Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Counterprotesters gather at Freedom Plaza ahead of the Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House, Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Police gather at the Vienna metro station ahead of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Police create a barrier in front of counterprotesters in anticipation of the arrival of Unite the Right demonstrators at the Vienna metro station in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Counterprotesters gather ahead of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Counterprotesters gather ahead of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Counterprotesters gather ahead of the planned Unite the Right rally in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2018.
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Counter-protesters chant while holding American flags during the Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. The rally, being held in Lafayette Park near White House, marks the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally where a car driven into a crowd of counter protesters killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Photographer: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Counter protesters march from Freedom Plaza to Lafayette Park before the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate against the 'white civil rights' rally, which was planned by the organizer of last year's deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.(Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
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Counter protesters march from Freedom Plaza to Lafayette Park before the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate against the 'white civil rights' rally, which was planned by the organizer of last year's deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.(Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
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Counter protesters and members of the Antifa and Blac Bloc burn a Confederate battle flag on the east of Lafayette Square where the white supremacist Unite the Right rally is being held August 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate against the "white civil rights" rally in Washington, which was planned by the organizer of last year's deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
