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Virginia City Rocked by White Nationalist Protests

White nationalist demonstrators walk through town after their rally was declared illegal near Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.

White nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.

White nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaoti

White nationalist demonstrators hold their ground against Virginia State Police as police fire tear gas rounds in Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.

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.

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.

State Police in riot gear guard Lee Park after a white nationalist demonstration was declared illegal and the park was cleared in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical

White supremacists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2017.