Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Supporters for and against a Fort Sanders Confederate memorial monument face off in on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Protesters demonstrate against a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders as a smaller number of pro-confederate supporters stand against the removal of the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate against a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders as a smaller number of pro-confederate supporters stand against the removal of the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
A small number of pro-confederate supporters face off against hundreds of demonstrators against a Confederate memorial monument in Fort Sanders on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
A man tears up a confederate flag as supporters for and against a Fort Sanders Confederate memorial monument face off in Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate against a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders as a smaller number of pro-confederate supporters stand against the removal of the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate against a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders as a smaller number of pro-confederate supporters stand against the removal of the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
A small number of pro-confederate supporters face off against demonstrators against a Confederate memorial monument in Fort Sanders on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Men hold a torn confederate flag following a demonstration against supporters of a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
KNA torn up confederate flag lays on the ground beside police as supporters for and against a Fort Sanders Confederate memorial monument face off in Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
KA man preaches as supporters for and against a Fort Sanders Confederate memorial monument face off in on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
Protesters demonstrate against a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders as a smaller number of pro-confederate supporters stand against the removal of the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pro-Confederate rally draws counterprotest in Knoxville, Tenn.
A protester stands next to a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders in advance of a planned white supremacist rally and counter-protest around the memorial monument on Aug. 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
An estimated 400 counter-demonstrators gathered in Knoxville, Tennessee to protest less than two dozen demonstrators at a white separatist rally at the Fort Sanders Confederate memorial, which some have called to remove, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported.
Police officers and barricades separated the two sides. One organizer carried a sign reading, “Stand Against Leftist Hate” to the hisses and boos of counter-protesters, the paper reported. Photos showed them holding Confederate flags.
A woman who was not yet identified was arrested when she attempted to crash the counter-protester side late Saturday afternoon, according to local media. (Reuters)
Photography by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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