Thousands rally in Boston protesting far-right groups' 'free speech' rally
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a “free speech” rally featuring far-right speakers
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Hundreds of police officers on Saturday in Boston tried to deter violence at a ‘free speech’ rally featuring far-right speakers. AP
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As many as 40,000 people took to the streets of Boston to protest against far-right ‘free speech’ rally which was organised a week after a woman was killed at Virginia white-supremacist demonstration. AP
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Boston avoided a repeat of last weekend’s bloody street battles in Charlottesville as the officials had spent a week planning security for the event. AP
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Counter protesters surrounded people leaving far right rally, shouting “shame” and “go home” and occasionally throwing plastic water bottles. AP
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The Boston Police Department arrested thirty-three people, largely for scuffles in which some protesters threw rocks and bottles of urine at police dressed in riot gear. AP
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Tensions across the United States over hate speech have ratcheted up sharply after the Charlottesville clashes during the latest in a series of white supremacist marches. AP
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