Yup, both sides came bearing arms....  No kidding.  Well, yes this was more then just an argument over statues.  This topic has been brewing for a few years now. It was not the first time that it "popped up on the radar".  The KKK and white nationalists feel empowered because of Trump's campaign.  They decide to push their issues and used the statue debate to start this fight.  The normal part of America decided to show up and fight back against their hideous ideas once and for all.  The reason this became violent, is precisely because Americans are sick of hearing about the KKK.  They have no place in our society no matter what "freedom" of speech claims are made.  The Supreme Court is wrong on this matter.  Freedom does not have to allow ignorance and racism to persist and try to grow by protesting and advertising their brand of "hate".  Those are the facts in the modern day.  If I "misinterpreted" this, then so did MILLIONS of other Americans.