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Signs of the Times: Images from Counter-Protest on Boston Common

Matthew McDonald

Published on: 20 Aug 2017, 12:51 am

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Boston Free Speech Rally Fizzles As Thousands Protest; City Cuts Event Short To Avoid Mayhem

Evan Lips Published on: 19 Aug 2017, 7:21 pm

(UPDATED — 7:20 p.m.)

BOSTON — Thousands upon thousands of counter-protesters ignored Mayor Martin J. Walsh's "avoid the Common" edict, descending upon the Hub's largest public space to shout down what had been dubbed a "free speech rally," exactly one week after a rally of a different sort deteriorated into carnage and mayhem in Virginia.

Signs of the Times: Images from Counter-Protest on Boston Common

Matthew McDonald

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Boston Free Speech Rally Fizzles As Thousands Protest; City Cuts Event Short To Avoid Mayhem