The creators of this riot,McAuliffe(the punk),the mayor Michael Signer and implemented by the chief of police--Al S.Thomas Jr. had to have a bigger place to accomodate all the antifa and BLM goons they knew were on the way since they planned the entire op.
From the minute the mayor suggested that the Robert E. Lee statue be removed they could almost predict what would happen. The hard left was ready, willing and able to pull it off with paid goons by George Soros. So when the white supremacists applied for a permit that never should have been approved yet was, the entire op went into full mode.We see the results.
What’s interesting is that both protestors & counter-protestors are socialists, as are the council members who renamed the park and work to remove the statue.
This was street theater staged by socialists.