23 Arrested and Tear Gas Deployed After a K.K.K. Rally in Virginia
Over the course of the day, Ms. Dickler said that at least 23 people had been arrested, and
that at least three people had been taken to a hospital — two for “heat-related issues” and one for an “alcohol-related issue.”
In an email, Ms. Dickler said she could not “speak to the affiliations” of those who were arrested.
As the police returned to Justice Park, though, the crowd followed,
and “there were a number of incidents, including the use of pepper spray by the crowd,” Miriam Dickler, a city spokeswoman, said in a statement.
City officials said a large group of counterprotesters followed the Klan members back to their vehicles and stopped them from leaving.
For about a half-hour, around 50 members of the Klan — some wearing hooded white robes — shouted “white power” at Justice
Park as more than 1,000 people protested their presence by hurling insults, water bottles and apple cores.
