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Gathering spots that they have a permit for. >> okay. so, allison, you say these are -- these are not the group that was originally going to emancipation park, right? these are counterprotesters. tell me how many of them you see there, approximately. >> i am guessing around 300 are here right now. >> wow. >> from all different kinds of groups. and there's some, i think, still in mcguffey park when i walked over before that, there were a few groups there as well. then we kind of followed them over here. and they -- like i said, they look to be gathering together, some of them. i'm sure some peo...

Progress" newspaper there, allison rabel. i understand you are in justice park. that is not where the original rally was supposed to take place, that was emancipation park. it was closed down, that rally was, because of unlawful assembly. but where are you now relative to that park and who's gathered with you? >> so i am in justice park, you are correct. it's about a couple of blocks northeast of emancipation park. it's mainly counterprotesters. they have received a permit for this park as well as another park on the other side of emancipation park to gather as a gathering place, as an aid sta...

Counterprotesters showed up in large numbers. it happened as they were making their way to emancipation park where a noon eastern rally was planned. it was scheduled to protest the removal of a statue of the general robert e. lee. obviously tensions rose dramatically as these two groups faced off amid very mild police presence at the time. we saw water bottles flying back and forth, police were using tear gas to try to break up this crowd. baseball bats, sticks. we saw people struck. you just saw it right there for yourself, there have been injuries. we don't know the extent of the injuries. w...