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Woman holding American flag dragged by protester in Boston

Protesters face off with riot police escorting conservative activists following a march in Boston against a planned 'Free Speech Rally' on August 19, 2017 in Boston, United States just one week after the violent 'Unite the Right' rally in Virginia.

BOSTON — The Boston “Free Speech” rally ended with 33 arrested and while police were very diligent about keeping the right-wing groups away from protesters, there were still isolated incidents of violence.

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A clip showed a woman holding an American flag as a protester tries to rip it from her hands. The woman held on to the flag and is dragged toward a group of people, some of whom are wearing masks. She then charges into the group, apparently to confront the individual who just tried to take her flag.

Eventually, others come to help and console her. The video was shown on Fox News where a commentator said, “You can’t grab something out of someone’s hand and drag them on the ground, that’s their property and that’s assault.”

MOMENTS AGO: Woman waving an American flag was hit and dragged by a protester who tried to smack the flag from her hands at the #FreeSpeechRally in #Boston. http://bit.ly/2vbQMV1

Posted by Fox News on Saturday, August 19, 2017

The Boston rally has been relatively peaceful. A huge mass of counter-protesters marched through the streets, while only about 60 of the Alt-right protesters were in the park where the rally is being held.