'I didn't expect them to be fighting like they did,' Stone Mountain Police Chief Chancey Troutman said.
Far-right demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed during rallies in Georgia and Michigan on Saturday, leading to police intervention as physical fights broke out.
In Stone Mountain, Georgia, a few dozen right-wing demonstrators carrying Confederate flags and guns gathered to demonstrate, ABC News.The demonstrators were led by a group from Arkansas called Confederate States III%. They had applied for a permit to gather at Stone Mountain Park, which features large carvings of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate military leaders Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Their permit was denied over concerns of possible violence.
The right-wing group was dwarfed in size, however, by hundreds of counter-demonstrators, many of whom carried signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Many of the counter-protesters also carried guns. Although the rallies remained largely peaceful at the outset, police intervened as fights broke out in the early afternoon.
A woman argues with a far right protester during a rally on August 15, near the downtown of Stone Mountain, Georgia
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