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Over, any kind of violence or anything like that today. >> no, i have not seen anything negative. all i have seen is just people altogether chanting, you know, black lives matter, we all are together. down with naziism and hatred. >> how important is that? i mean, how important is it to the fact that there was no -- or no significant violence or anything kind of trouble like that here today, to getting the message across. >> well, as long as it doesnt happen -- what happened in charlottesville, ...

Right, alex. i have to echo what akilah said. if youre part of the counterprotest group here, you accomplished exactly what you set out. to numerically, they swashed the actual protest itself and then were talking about the issues that matter to the counterprotesters, not the issues that matter to the folks who had set up this free speech event that so many of them were concerned it would turn into a hate speech event. ruben davis drove an hour and a half to be here. how do you feel with everyth...

Interesting stuff. we were not able to capture with our cameras but one you talk about a crowd burning confederate flags on the common which is starting to have a festival feel without the torching of the confederate flag, that is. so talk about the things that you saw. >> well, i mean, im still seeing. theres still a large out here and it still does feel relatively peaceful and like a festival. there was just a skirmish where police had to escort a young man from the common after he was chased ...

Right against a police line trying to get into that white nationalist group. they were there hoping for a confrontation that not happen, because police kept that line solid. now they seem to be pushing back the opposite direction. towards the park where they originated, but earlier tensions were really high. there was a police line right between, probably about two blocks away between that white nationalist group and these protestors. pushing back against the crowd and the counterprotest group s...

Trying to get into that white nationalist group. they were there hoping for a confrontation. that did not happen because police kept that line solid. now they seem to be pushing back the opposite direction towards the park where they originated. but earlier tensions were really high. there was a police line right between -- probably about two blocks away between that white nationalist group and these counterprotesters. they were pushing back against the crowd, and the counterprotest group starte...

>> we begin with a nasty confrontation in england between muslim civilians and british troops that have returned from afghanistan. >> i cant imagine that happening in the united states. here now james skinner so east london very muslim and obviously, they dont like british troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group dont. this is a group of about 30 to

40 muslim protesters from a group thats not that well known called muslim against the crusade and this thing got ugly pretty quickly. they -- local leaders tried to have this group banned from the military parade fearing they wouldnt incite violence. indeed they did. there was a group of counter protesters that ended up breaking through the barriers. there was some fist fighting. >> were they muslims or british subject? >> they were subjects who were very concerned and very upset about what -- >...

British troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group dont. this is a group of about 30 to 40 muslim protesters from a group thats not that well known called muslim against the crusade and this thing got ugly pretty quickly. they -- local leaders tried to have this group banned from the military parade fearing they wouldnt incite violence. indeed they did. there was a group of counter protesters that ended up breaking through the barriers. there was some fist fig...

Waiting to hear. it sounds like it was from the counterprotest group. interesting in the u.k., they dont have a written constitutional right to free speech. what they have is a pretty recent law that says you cant say or write anything that incites religious or racial hatred and if you look at what theyre saying there and according to witnesses, the muslim protesters werent saying anything that would fall into that category. they were saying horrific things like calling the troops butchers and c...

>> we begin with a nasty confrontation in england between muslim civilians and british troops that have returned from afghanistan. >> i cant imagine that happening in the united states. here now james skinner so east london very muslim and obviously, they dont like british troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group dont. this is a group of about 30 to 40 muslim protesters from a