Streets off of Boston Common. Theres still a huge crowd of people, this is at least 100 people. The counterprotests has dispersed and the boston free speech rally which drew speakers that the state and the city felt would be hateful has also dispersed. This is a crowd that remains. We see a lot of signs here relate today fascism, we spoke with the police, spoke with a couple of Police Officers on the way over here and they described the crowd assort of the leftovers, the main crowd, counterprotestors and these were folks that choose to stay behind, the reports earlier today that they were throwing food at Police Officers, that there was scrimmage that is broke out and this is what remains in the street of boston after what was largely a peaceful day earlier. There were a few scrimmages and shovings of Police Officers, shoving through crowds as some of the rally goers or people that had different views tried to make their way on or through the Boston Common. A few folks that had trump f
Counterprotestors. Mollie, what does it look like now . Both of the rallies have what happened up. There still a big Police Presence here. We are standing where the rally took place and still a lot of police gathered around. The big trucks blocking and again to the common itself are still in place, Boston Police said they were going to be ready for this and they were. Over 500 Law Enforcement officers were out in force today. The large trucks, of course, passing blockage of any vehicle attack. Thats something that boston has done and other events as well, the Boston Marathon bombing and thats something the officers were prepared for as well. As the free speech rally ended today, witnesses tell me they were brought out by Boston Police and assisted in getting through the huge counterprotests and taken away as counterprotestors gathered around. Really an amazing sight today to see the two groups, free speech rally was far, far smaller than the enormous counterprotests that came here to b