Even by the Police Officers who protected them. By contrast, crowds of counterprotesters showed up to make sure the hate groups did not march without answer. Their voices and signs promoting peace, diversity, tolerance, and support for the people of charlottesville. Cnns brian todd and sara sidner are both on the ground in washington. Brian, are the people you were following feeling victorious, given the white supremacist rally ended early, it was poorly attended . Reporter well, they really kind of are, ana. The passion and the energy was really on this side of this whole dynamic today. Were standing in a place where just not long ago there were thousands of antifascist, antiracist protesters here in northwest washington. Theyve been asked by the police to clear the street and get back on the sidewalk over here. So some of them are just kind of walking away from this. The fact that its driving rainstorm and has been for about an hour and a half now is also kind of serving to disperse
And a group of neonaziss were greatly outnumbered by a group of people trying to shut them down. Counter protest the ors facing down the white supremists and letting them know that they are not welcome. Brian todd and sara sidner y in washington for us. Brian, from what you have seen, how do the crowd sizes compare from the supremists and the counter protesters and what kind of oPolice Presence has been out there . Reporter ana, it is a Large Police Presence as you can see behind me. Some of the protesters are angrily chanting and yell agent the polic yelling at the police officer, because we saw some bolster the ranks here and some of the Motorcycle Police rev the engine, and that drew them closer and chanting at the police, and no major flare ups yet, but these are some of the antifa protesters and the black lives matter protesters and the antifa with the black masks and the black clad and the bandanas over their faces, and they get into the confrontations with the with the police, a
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