DEMONSTRATIONS IN VIRGINIA.
CBS 2'S KENNETH CRAIG HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: THOUSANDS OF
COUNTER PROTESTERS OUT NUMBERED
CONSERVATIVES WHO SHOWED UP FOR
A FREE SPEECH RALLY IN DOWNTOWN
BOSTON.
ORGANIZERS INSISTED THE EVENT
WAS NOT A PLATFORM FOR HATE AND
MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS
VIEWPOINTS.
SEVERAL SPEAKERS ATTENDED.
TOM GALIGER SAYS HE COULD NOT
STAY HOME AND STAY SILENT.
HE WAS AMONG A CROWD PROMOTING
TOLERANCE, INCLUSION, AND
FIGHTING WHITE SUPREMACY THAT
MARKED SEVERAL MILES TO THE
BOSTON COMMON.
SPEAKERS SPOKE OUT FROM A
BANDSTAND.
STEVEN McGRAT IS AN ARMY
VETERAN AND JOINED THE FREE
SPEECH GROUP DURING THE EVENT.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT
VIEWS.
IF YOU TAKE IT TO THE VIOLENCE
LEVEL, YOU LOSE YOUR ARGUMENT
100%.
THE RALLY AND PROTEST WAS
MOSTLY PEACEFUL AND A DRAMATIC
CONTRAST TO A WEEK AGO WHEN
HUNDREDS OF WHITE NATIONALISTS
VIOLENTLY CLASHED WITH COUNTER
PROTESTERS IN VIRGINIA.
HEATHER HEYER WAS KILLED WHEN A
WHITE SUPREMACYST RAMMED HIS
CAR INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE.
BOSTON POLICE DID NOT WANT A
REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
SO THEY KEPT THE TWO SIDES HERE
SEPARATED AND THEY LIMITED THE
FREE SPEECH EVENT TO JUST TWO
HOURS.
AT LEAST 500 OFFICERS HELPED
CONTROL THE CROWDS.
I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT
HERE IN BOSTON, WE ARE ABLE TO
HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY.
POLICE ESCORTED ONE MAN AWAY
FROM THE RALLY WEARING A STOP
