Counterprotests overshadow white supremacist rally in Washington

WASHINGTON - Dozens of far-right activists, some carrying US flags and hiding their faces under bandannas, walked from Foggy Bottom Metro station in Washington under heavy protection to the White House on Sunday, marking the first anniversary of a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The "Unite the Right" demonstration last year held by white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and members of other hate groups in Charlottesville turned violent, killing one person and wounding 19 others.

Before the far-right activists reached their final destination of "Unite the Right 2" rally, Lafayette Park, a green wooded lot just across the street from the White House, thousands of people already converged there, shouting "Shame," "Go home Nazis!"

To prevent conflicts, nearly 100 Washington policemen on bicycles and motorcycles created a protective buffer around the far-right activists, keeping vigilant for any counter-demonstrators who might be trying to sneak into the circumference.