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Legitimate rights of speech. that is not what is happening here. local police, state police, the national guard, they are protecting the rights of individuals to express themselves in a peaceful manner. they have to protect citizens from people who are unwilling to abide by those rules and those norms. it is very difficult. we have put our police in a very tough spot. their job is to enforce the law and protect people's constitutional right. they have to make those difficult judgment calls when that line gets crossed. in this case, obviously some of these white supremacist came with the very i...

People out of the park. this started as a protest over a confederate statue that was to be removed in charlottesville. we don't have confederate statues in colorado but there has been some real division in colorado. ones that you worked to heal. is the political climate the we are in right now sort of allowing and energizing both sides of these good, alt right, white nationalist, and the counter protesters that seem more than happy to fight as well? >> language matters. when you hear a lot of people losing their temper and angry at this and angry at that, makes a lot of people feel it is okay ...

That will happen. where are you from? >> fox news. >> reporter: you have no idea where you are headed. >> to be honest, they give all those guarantees, i am a citizen of the state. i was refused entry into their park. we go to our park but our park -- i was insulted -- a stick. right? i don't care. i am a big man. >> reporter: tell me what you are here for? robert e lee statue? >> it is about america. the right to say what they want and our right to say what we once. the right to protect that. we are losing ourselves would you have all generation of these entitled degenerates. >> reporter: tha...

Can we have places where we remember them? and we have statues that we remember them and not incite violence? is that possible? >> i don't think the removal of the statue itself incited violence. when governor haley when she was governor, before she became the ambassador of the un, she took down the confederate battle flag. that was a great moment. it didn't have to incite violence. it's up to individuals to decide how and when they are willing to accept the natural change that happens in a society. we have come to be a much more inclusive society. the symbols of our society ought to reflect t...

In the context of what's going on in the united states the deep divisions, it takes on meaning far beyond that and so i think you're seeing this, you're seeing the political differences being played out with violence here in charlottesville today. >> for those who are just joining us, fox news alert at the top of the hour, i'm elizabeth prann in washington dc joined by leland vittert in colorado. we are looking at pictures in charlottesville, virginia, was supposed to be a peaceful a pea protest among folks protesting the removal of a confederate statue. a statue of robert e lee which is sched...