A brawl broke out as hundreds of white nationalists carrying torches marched on UVA's campus

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August 12, 2017 3:23 PM

Hundreds of white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters on the University of Virginia's Charlottesville campus Friday

White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville

Hundreds of white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters on the University of Virginia's Charlottesville campus Friday, according to Reuters.

The scene was a prelude to a much larger demonstration for a "Unite the right" rally, called in response to a plan to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Thousands of white nationalist protesters, as well as groups that oppose them, are expected to descend upon Charlottesville on Saturday.

On Friday night, protesters carried torches and chanted, "

cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry, racism, and intolerance

The president of UVA, also condemned the "

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