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    Boston Right-Wing 'Free Speech' Rally Dwarfed By Counterprotesters

    Thousands of counterprotesters gathered in Boston Common to meet the rally participants, who said they have no connection to those who perpetrated violence in Charlottesville, Va., last week.
    by Scott Neuman Aug 19, 2017 3 minutes

    Updated at 4:53 p.m. ET

    A small number of right-wing "Free Speech Rally" demonstrators disbanded early from Boston Common after they were confronted by thousands of counterprotesters shouting anti-Nazi and anti-KKK slogans.

    Deborah Becker, a reporter with member station WBUR in Boston, said that "a few dozen" rally attendees were escorted from Parkman Bandstand by police and placed into police vehicles "for their own safety."

    "The counterdemonstrators cheered as the

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