Conservative free speech advocates and left-wing counterprotesters held dueling rallies Saturday in the East Coast city of Boston as police say they will not tolerate violence from either side.
Dueling Protest Groups Hold Rallies in Boston
- By VOA News
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Counterprotesters hold signs and chant at the Statehouse before a planned "Free Speech" rally by conservative organizers begins on the adjacent Boston Common, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston.
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Counterprotesters march in Boston, Aug. 19. 2017.
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The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians aka BABAM will march with the counterprotestors. Rebecca Gorlin wears a sign on her back about Jewish resistance as she plans to march playing her snare drum.
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State and city police inspect people arriving for a "Free Speech" rally on Boston Common, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston.
