A Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, drew about 50 Klan members and supporters Saturday -- and several hundred counterprotesters, authorities said.
Members of the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan -- some wearing Klan robes and carrying Confederate flags -- arrived in midday to protest the city's plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a park, one of several steps the city is taking to reduce its number of Confederate monuments.
Some Klansmen had said they would carry loaded firearms -- allowable under Virginia's open-carry law.
They were confronted by shouting counterprotesters as tensions ratcheted up and a large group of law enforcement officers, including members of the state police, set up police lines.
Police escorted the Klansmen through the shouting crowds to reach their designated spot for a demonstration: Justice Park, which until recently had been named after Confederate hero Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
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Im in NC now...I hate those D-BAGS.....I had a lil issue with them.....on the web site it says in common ask questons......Im a 15 year old child will you tell my parents if I decide to join the loyal white knights kkk.....No we will not, as your membership will remain secret with the kkk.... OK that pissed me off.....theres more that went down...but ima leave that alone on here for now.
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I didn't think there were 100 of them left. (The kkk, I mean)
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