I need more information. Did both groups have permits to assemble and where were the assemblies - surely the city would NOT provide permits to the same area at the same time.
My thinking is that if one group did not have a permit to peacefully assemble, that group is in the wrong. Police should have hauled them all away.
If one group left their location to confront the other group, they should have been hauled away by police.
This situation could have been an example for all. City government failure in leadership.
Did the thugs in Ferguson and Baltimore have permits? No!
That is a good question.
The Unite the Right group did have a permit, which was enforced by a federal judge.
I have not read of any other permits being obtained by the counter protestors.
I am quite sure there will lawsuits to follow.
Fire City Council!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
I am wondering why they would need a permit to exercise their constitutional right to assemble peacefully.