OVERWHELMED BY A MIGHTY --
OVERWHELMED BY A MIGHTY FORCE
FOR LOVE AND JUSTICE.
BREAKING TONIGHT.
WHILE THINGS WERE BY AND LARGE
PEACEFUL, SOME SCUFFLES DID
BREAK OUT AND ARRESTS WERE
MADE.
MORE THAN TO DOZEN IN FACT.
I'M KEN MacLEOD.
AND I'M KATIE BRACE.
MANY HAPPENED AFTER THE
PROTESTS HAD RUN THEIR COURSE.
THEY'RE BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS
AND BOSTON POLICE.
WE CAUGHT OFFICERS TAKING ONE
PERSON INTO CUSTODY AND LOADING
THEM INTO A TRANSPORT VEHICLE
IN THE COMMON AND OFFICERS
CLASHED WITH A SMALL CROWD
ACROSS THE STREET.
POLICE SAY BOTTLES OF URINE
WERE THROWN AT THEM AND SOME
HIT OFFICERS.
BILL EVANS SAID THE OFFICERS
FACED A LOT BUT HIM AND MAYOR
WALSH ARE CALLING IT A
SUCCESSFUL DAY.
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO
HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED
PROBLEMS.
WE HAD TO MAKE 27 ARRESTS.
99.9% OF THE PEOPLE WERE HERE
FOR THE RIGHT REASON TO FIGHT
BIGOTRY AND HATE.
I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
WHO CAME OUT TO SHARE THE
MESSAGE OF LOVE NOT HATE.
WE HAVE EVERY ANGLE.
STARTING WITH THE POLICE
UNDERTAKING TO KEEP THE PEACE.
WBZ'S CHRISTINA HAGER IS LIVE
ON THE COMMON TO START US OFF,
CHRISTINA?
CITY OFFICIALS ESTIMATE
ABOUT 40,000 PROTESTERS
CONVERGED ON THE COMMON TODAY.
AND IN THAT SPACE, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT AND
DIFFERING OPINIONS.
SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS ON
THE COMMON WERE CIVIL AND
PEACEFUL.
SOME WERE NOT.
GET THE BLEEP OUT OF MY
CITY.
Reporter: A PRO-TRUMP
PROTESTERS CONFRONTED ON THE
COMMON, POLICE PULLING HIM AWAY
AND TAKING HIS FLAG, NO POLES
OR STICKS OR WEAPONS ALLOWED
HERE.
LATER POLICE IN RIOT GEAR FACED
PROTESTERS ON BOYLSTON STREET
OUTSIDE THE COMMON, SAYING SOME
THREW ROCKS AT THEM.
I'M A LITTLE TERRIFIED.
Reporter: THIS MAN WAS HERE
TO HELP WITH SECURITY FOR THE
FREE SPEECH RALLY IN THE
BANDSTAND THAT STOOD ISOLATED,
SURROUNDED BY RINGS OF POLICE
BARRICADES.
HE WORE GOGGLES.
TO PROTECT MY EYES FROM
CHEMICALS OR PEPPER SPRAY,
ANYTHING.
IT'S UGLY.
TOO MUCH SECURITY.
THEY'RE AFRAID OF AN ATTACK OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Reporter: THIS GROUP CALLING
ITSELF ANTI-FASCIST.
THIS WAS TOO MUCH.
I HAD SEVEN YEARS.
LET ME HAVE A RIGHT TO DO
THAT TOO.
Reporter: BUT SCUFFLES BROKE
OUT.
PUNCHES THROWN.
UNKNOWN LIQUID SUBSTANCES
FLYING.
NO NAZIS, NO KKK NO FASCIST
USA.
SPEAKERS WERE TAUNTED WITH
CHANTS AND SOME CAME HOPING TO
JOIN THE RALLY NEVER MADE IT
IN.
TO AN EXTENT IT'S VERBAL
HARASSMENT.
IF YOU'RE COMING YOU HAVE TO
EXPECT IT.
Reporter: FOR SECURITY
REASONS, MEDIA AND CAMERAS WERE
NOT ALLOWED IN THAT BANDSTAND
AREA WHERE THE FREE SPEECH
RALLY WAS GOING ON.
THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 25 TO
50 PEOPLE IN THERE.
AND DESPITE THOSE SCUFFLES AND
FIGHTS WE SAW OUTSIDE ON THE
COMMON, POLICE SAY THERE WERE
