Hundreds of marchers rally at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue, in Richmond, Virginia on September 16, 2017 to counter pro-Confederate statue demonstrations, On the other side of the Lee statue, a small group of pro-Confederate supporters and other counter-protesters engaged each other in a mostly peaceful manner. Counter-protesters greatly outnumbered the supporters of Confederate statues along Monument Avenue. Richmond Police arrested seven people during the day's activity.
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