Boston Rally

The result of the Boston rally as reported:
-Protesters with a Mexican flag and pro-socialist, anti-GMO (?!) signs along with BLM
-The free-speech group left very early, because its "speakers could not be heard due to the shouts of those protesting".
-"Some people dressed in black with covered faces several times swarmed rally attendees."
-"Twenty-seven people were arrested, largely for scuffles in which some protesters threw rocks and bottles of urine at police."
-The free-speech group had a permit to hold their rally, and the much larger counter-protest groups had no permit as of yesterday at least. The police did not break up the unlawful assembly.
-The police believed that the main group needed an armed escort to escape safely: "the police had helped the demonstrators get into police wagons as part of a prearranged “exit strategy.” It was then, he said, that 'we had some kids block the street... We had to do a little pushing and shoving there...'"

So, to recap, one side violently and criminally attacked the police, shouted people down and prevented them from being heard, and were intimidating enough that even with a carefully planned police cordon, the cops and original rallyers agreed they were in physical danger even while trying to escape. I haven't seen any reported evidence that today's original group included a shred of racist sentiment, but they were targets of black-clad masked criminals anyway. And the counter-protesters think this was a good outcome.

Sources:
A live video
ca.news.yahoo.com/charlottesvi…
www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/…