Déjà vu All Over Again?

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Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity, of having "already lived through" something is a feeling of recollection.
Will this upcoming weekends' free-speech demonstrations be peaceful or develop into Charlottesville continued?

The city of Boston has granted a permit for a “free speech” rally today that is expected to turn into a gathering of white supremacists. But the mayor is trying to prevent a second consecutive weekend of violence by prohibiting all weapons and backpacks at the event. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/16/city-officials-meet-with-o…

Ku Klux Klan to attend Boston rally http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/08/ku_klux_klan_to…

Trump faces backlash in wake of Charlottesville, US braces for more https://america.cgtn.com/2017/08/18/trump-faces-backlash-in-wake-of-cha… via @cgtnamerica

A white supremacist who gained instant notoriety from VICE News’ coverage of the Charlottesville unrest is now wanted on felony charges in Virginia. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/08/17/facebook-bans-white-…

While Charlottesville's tragedy and aftermath stay in many minds, protesters in Boston have a right wing “free speech” rally.

This rally of what counter-protesters call “neo-fascists” includes two counter-protests, one sponsored by Black Lives Matter and one by a Boston anti-Trump group.

Other planned weekend protests include solidarity rallies with Charlottesville in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and in Asbury Park, N.J. There will also be a "peace in Korea" march in Salt Lake City and an anti-Trump rally in Jersey City, N.J., as well as a pro-Trump rally in Topeka, Kansas.

In Durham, N.C., crowds gathered outside the sheriff’s office on Thursday to “turn themselves in” for helping topple a Confederate statue there, a symbolic protest of law enforcement’s decision earlier this week to charge the group’s organizers with felonies. http://www.theroot.com/durham-activists-stand-in-solidarity-crowds-gath…

Meanwhile, there now exists a listing and map of several hundred hate incidents against U.S. mosques and Muslim centers since 2013, about one every three days. https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/mosques