‘Unite the right’ demonstration rallies counterprotesters
14 August 2018 |
9:27 am
A white supremacist rally in Washington fell flat when only a small group of white nationalists showed up, confronted by hundreds of angry counterprotesters and shielded by the police on the anniversary of deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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