KKK marches in Virginia to protest removal of confederate general's statue
Supporters of Ku Klux Klan marched in Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee, who oversaw Confederate forces in the Civil War
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Supporters of white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan marched in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E Lee, who oversaw Confederate forces in the US Civil War. Reuters
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Dozens of marchers — some carrying Confederate flags, a handful in the distinctive white hood worn by Klan members — paraded past hundreds of people shouting “Racists go home!” and other chants. The two groups were separated by a metal barricade and a phalanx of armed police. Reuters
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For the first time in the history of like-minded demonstrations, city officials said about a thousand were present at the march, of whom about 50 were KKK members leaving them terribly outnumbered. Reuters
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The Klan marchers were met by hundreds of jeering counter-protesters in this quiet university town, where the protest by the notorious white power group was authorised by officials in Virginia on free speech grounds. Reuters
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Just a few of the demonstrators wore the white hoods emblematic of the group and part of the costume associated with lynchings and cross burnings. In this town of handsome red brick buildings, the decision in February to remove the Lee statue after years of debate has left deep wounds. Reuters
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Anti-Klan protesters in Charlottesville got an early start overnight, throwing red paint on the bronze equestrian statue of the saber-wearing Confederate general. City workers were scrubbing the paint off early on Saturday. Reuters
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