Mass protests in U.S. cities decry racism, pillory Trump
By Reuters
21 August 2017 |
5:19 am
A planned far-right rally in California and expected counter-demonstation comes on the heels of massive protests in U.S. cities over the weekend in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last week.
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