Dispatch from Charlottesville: “It Was a War Zone. It Felt Like There Were a Million Nazis.”
…ice presence on Friday—there was no intervention by police. Throughout the weekend? Well, on Saturday police were inside the barricades. State troopers and city police were inside the barricades downtown. At Emancipation Park, where the rally was being held, police were inside those barricades. And demonstrators were outside the barricades, presumably? That’s right. Demonstrators, nazis, counter-protestors, were in the streets. And here’s the deal…
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