A Charlottesville-esque alt-right rally was set to occur this past Sunday in Berkeley, California, but it was recently called off due to the fear of violence. However, per HuffPo, thousands of people who planned to counter-protest the previously planned rally gathered in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park and eventually curated their own “No Hate Rally” instead.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, signs that read “Berkeley stands united against hate,” “Queers against hate” and “End white supremacy” were splattered amongst the eager crowd. The number of counter-protesters grew so big that they easily outnumbered the alt-right demonstrators rocking “Make America Great Again” hats. Per several reports via Twitter, Antifa showed-up loud and proud:

Huge crowd of marchers says it will take the park together. Thousand at least there. Includes many antifa in black #berkeley #MLKPark pic.twitter.com/FtGcKBIjqq— Berkeleyside (@berkeleyside) August 27, 2017

Per Jeff Conant, who assisted in organizing the counter-protest, the gathering was “important for people to show up and make it unacceptable for right-wing white supremacists to spew hate and incite violence.”

Naturally, the tensions between the two sides grew. While the demonstration began peacefully, it turned into chaos as “hundreds of black-clad demonstrators ran from the park screaming in various directions down city streets. Moments before, they had jumped barriers and entered the police-guarded park.”

According to Lt. Kevin Schofield of the Berkeley Police Department, the police force used smoke to break up a fight that erupted, but tear gas was not used. Ten people were arrested.

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