Fifteen-thousand anti-fascist protesters marched through the streets of Boston in protest against right-wing activists hosting a 'free speech' rally on Saturday.
Some of the counter-protesters clashed with police after the largely peaceful march through the city that ended when the handful of activists who attended the free speech rally left.
President Trump was quick to respond to the demonstration, unlike his response to Charlottesville last week, and tweeted out: 'Looks like many anti-police agitators in Boston. Police are looking tough and smart! Thank you.'
Out of the thousands in attendance, around 20 were arrested following members of the Black Lives Matter movement gathering at the Common, where a Confederate flag was burned and some pounded on the sides of a police vehicle.
The city mayor had pleaded for counter-protesters to stay away, saying their presence would draw more attention to the far-right activists and could result in violence.
However, opponents of the right-wing took over the event, chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving signs condemning white nationalism, in order to stand against what they thought could have turned into a platform for racist propaganda.
The small right-wing group huddled in a circle at the park as barricades fenced them off from the thousands upon thousands of counter-protesters who came to drown out their event.
Around an hour after the rally's start time of noon, the few dozen who came for the free speech event left their enclosed area as police helped escort the planned speakers from the park.
Although the event was cut short and the anti-fascist protesters greatly outnumbered the right-wing attendees, some counter-protesters squared off against riot police, following the outrage of the tragic events last week.
