After rumors swirled that white supremacists intended to hold a rally at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to defend their "Silent Sam" Confederate statue, counter-protesters showed up large numbers to resist their message.
Just a day after the final charges against anti-racist counter-protesters were dropped after a similar protest led to a Confederate statue being torn down in nearby Durham, students and activists rallied on UNC's campus in response to yet another alleged white supremacist rally.
Around 3 p.m., Tim Pulliam of local news station ABC 11 noted that there was "no sign" of the rumored Confederate statue defenders as their counter-protesters swelled in number.
Watch below:
Students, faculty and activists chant the people united will never be defeated.
Speakers now coming forward to speak out against white nationalist ideals. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/g7gSxhJNGF
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) February 21, 2018
Group marching to #SilentSam statute on @UNC campus. No sign of white supremacy groups. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/MTXWfkan8j
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) February 21, 2018
.@UNC Students chant “do it like Durham” in regards to tearing down #Confederate Statues. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/IJU0qAtWCD
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) February 21, 2018
