Richard Spencer, a white nationalist figure, led a semi-large crowd of about 3 dozen people who support the Confederate general Robert E. Lee during an unplanned rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday night.
Local NBC reporter Matt Telham took to Twitter to report the news of the unplanned event.
White nationalists now chanting – “We will be back”. About 3 dozen supporters in Emancipation Park. Plenty of police on standby in park. pic.twitter.com/LuJEsAgxQy
— Matt Talhelm (@MattTalhelm) October 7, 2017
HAPPENING NOW: @RichardBSpencer & white nationalist supporters are back with their torches in front of Lee statue in #Charlottesville. pic.twitter.com/CwVhxpN7r8
— Matt Talhelm (@MattTalhelm) October 7, 2017
UPDATE: After short torchlit protest in front of the tarp-covered Lee monument in #Charlottesville, white nationalists have left the park.
— Matt Talhelm (@MattTalhelm) October 8, 2017
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