A free speech rally taking place in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday was disbanded after thousands of left-wing activists held an enormous counter-protest.
No more than 300 free-speech activists took part in the event, while approximately 30,000 counter-protesters took to the streets in a protest organized by groups such as Black Lives Matter and Boston’s ANSWER Coalition.
The rally was organized by a group known as the Boston Free Speech Coalition and invited “libertarians, conservatives, traditionalists, classical liberals, (Donald) Trump supporters or anyone else who enjoys their right to free speech.”
It was also addressed by Republican Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai and Libertarian congressional candidate Samson Racioppi, as counter-protesters sang songs comparing the participants to Nazis and white supremacists.
Hundreds in Boston counter-protest gathered chanting "No hate no fear, #Nazi's are not welcome here" #bostonresist
In Boston, two Trump supporters parade through to the rally entrance. Locals shout "Get the fuck outta our paaahrk!!"
The Boston counter-protest is now perhaps the largest anti-racist protest this year. Thousands arrive still — many more expected. pic.twitter.com/7dIPr9XbMo
Images from Fox News showed one woman attacked and dragged after waving an American flag.
Protesters could be seen screaming at a Trump supporter as he walked through the streets.
Riot police were also deployed as the opposing groups faced off.
After the principal rally was disbanded, leftists took to Twitter to celebrate their ‘victory.’
“Thousands march against conservative rally in Boston”twitter.com/i/moments/8989…
Whether you like it or not, protesting IS free speech. Don't cry because we've outnumbered you 120 to 1. #Boston#FreeSpeechRally
However, other users were quick to criticize the march and point out the irony.
Supreme Irony:
The #AltLeft is protesting Free Speech, the right they have to protest.
*Sigh*
#Boston #BostonCommon
Leftist idiots are protesting against a FREE SPEECH rally in #Boston. Why do they hate the First Amendment and hate America? #BostonCommon
In the run-up to the event, the group behind the rally fully distanced itself from the events in Charlottesville last weekend, after violence broke out between a white supremacist rally and Antifa.
“Contrary to a lot of the rumors out there, the purpose of the rally is to denounce the kind of political violence that we have seen — a sort of rising tide throughout the country, and particularly most recently in Charlottesville,” organizer John Medlar told CNN affiliate WBZ.
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