Meanwhile, wheareas the rally drew only a handful of attendees, between 30,000 and 40,000 people participated in the counter-protest march from Roxbury to the Boston Common. The event was largely peaceful, with no injuries reported as of the afternoon of August 19.
[18][19][13] 33 people were arrested, largely for disorderly conduct. There were a few arrests for assaults on police officers.
[20] During a news conference in the afternoon of August 19, Boston Police Commissioner
William B. Evans said that some rocks and bottles filled with urine had been thrown at police officers but that over all there was "very little injury and property damage".
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