Civil war: white supremacists want Virginia to split from United States

TORCH-wielding white supremacists are marching through Charlottesville, Virginia, shouting ‘unite the right’ and ‘you will not replace us’ — and calling for a split from the United States.

Hundreds of protesters have today clashed briefly with counterprotesters on the Charlottesville campus of the University of Virginia ahead of a planned rally tomorrow.

Punches were thrown and placards used as bludgeons before authorities reacted.

Police used teargas to disperse the groups, which have been assembling in the flashpoint Southern State town of 45,000 residents over a dispute relating to the statue of a Southern Civil War hero.

Source: Civil war: white supremacists want Virginia to split from United States | Perth Now