Tempers flare at Capitol amid racially charged protests; eight arrested
AUSTIN -- Eight people were arrested and riot police were summoned to the Texas Capitol on Saturday as members of a White Lives Matter group, some of them armed, faced off against a variety of opponents.
About 20 White Lives Matter protesters came around midday to protest hate crime laws that they say favor minorities. “Equal justice under law” was on a sign held up by one man, who dressed all in black with what appeared to be a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle slung on his shoulder.
The protesters were shouted down by what a Texas Department of Public Safety officer said were 300 to 400 counterprotesters, who yelled “Nazi scum” and other insults.
Riot police were summoned, with about 60 state troopers on the scene and a state Department of Public Safety helicopter buzzing overhead. Horse-mounted officers from DPS and the Austin Police Department were also involved.
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