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Headline Roundup July 9th, 2017

Ku Klux Klan Rally in Virginia

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The KKK held a rally in Charlottesville, VA to protest the removal of a Confederate statue and was met by a large group of counterprotesters.

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23 Arrested and Tear Gas Deployed After a K.K.K. Rally in Virginia
23 Arrested and Tear Gas Deployed After a K.K.K. Rally in Virginia

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Members of the Ku Klux Klan rallied here on Saturday afternoon in a protest meant to assail the city’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.

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The KKK rally in Charlottesville was outnumbered by counterprotesters
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A Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, drew about 50 Klan members and supporters Saturday -- and several hundred counterprotesters, authorities said.

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Klan Members Rally against Removal of General Lee Statue in Virginia
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A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members and supporters shouted "white power" at a rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia where they protested against a city council decision to remove a statute honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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