Scores of protesters have been arrested during a counter-rally by opponents of the white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan in the US state of Virginia.
Ku Klux Klan supporters and members began their protest on midday Saturday in Charlottesville to show their opposition to the city’s plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee who led Confederate forces in the US Civil War.
Charlottesville City Council had voted to remove the statue of Lee, and rename Lee and Jackson parks to Emancipation and Justice parks respectively.
Some of the members and supporters of the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights of the KKK were wearing Klan robes and carrying Confederate flags.
Some other members of the extremist group arrived armed, openly carrying handguns in holsters at their belts.
