Several bouts of violence broke out at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday as demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters in the streets surrounding the park where the rally was held.
Virginia City Rocked by White Nationalist Protests
![A counter demonstrator uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist demonstrator at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/93E4F2EE-26B6-47C2-AEF6-A0531A70DD39_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A counter demonstrator uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist demonstrator at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.
![A man is down during a clash between members of white nationalist protesters and a group of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/490B1AF1-F285-43BC-ABED-42567DBFFEE7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man is down during a clash between members of white nationalist protesters and a group of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.
![A white supremacists carries the Confederate flag as he walks past counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0A77D235-8DE8-4A73-8373-E61B214A1F0C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A white supremacists carries the Confederate flag as he walks past counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12, 2017.
![Virginia State Police use pepper spray as they move in to clear a clash between members of white nationalist protesters against a group of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8FE7D279-6D33-431A-BB03-DFDF4127F1F0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Virginia State Police use pepper spray as they move in to clear a clash between members of white nationalist protesters against a group of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.