Huge numbers of people opposing proposed Va gun laws queued up to get into the main rally's fenced-off "protest pit"
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Many progressives and anti-capitalists also oppose gun laws, which are disproportionalty used to lock up people of color. Here in DC is a notorious example of such laws and incarceration
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"Gun Rights are Trans Rights" sign refers to need for effective defense against extreme murder risk faced by transgender folks
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On the other hand, Jovi Val and some of the Proud Boys showed up spewing hate-in defiance of organizer's demands that they stay away
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This particular militia directly threatened an Indymedia reporter, and reportedly threatened other people as well.
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Trump supporters were everywhere-but found themselves unable to get the crowds to take up their pro-Trump chants
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Alex Jones showed up in the same armored truck he took to the Women's March here in DC
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This drone was operated in defiance of an FAA drone ban driven by fears of weaponized drones. May have been a cop drone. Shooting it down would have risked a deadly crowd stampede, so if it was not a cop drone cops could do nothing
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More Trump propaganda in the vicinity of the rally
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Banner Drop remembering Heather Heyer over I-95