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Hundreds gather in San Francisco to protest against hate

By Reuters
27 August 2017   |   4:30 am
Hundreds of demonstrators are taking to the streets in San Francisco to protest against hate groups that had planned to hold a free-speech rally in the city before it was cancelled by organizers.

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