Beyond shouts, the groups didn’t clash immediately. Attendees began trickling past the growing throng of riot police and into the event center. As police presence grew heavily, a quick and brutal arrest was made of an outlying activist, then a second. Six Proud Boys slowly peeked out before making their way into the field, some holding up white power symbols. The crowd jeered for them to come closer. Outnumbered twenty-five to one, they backed away.

Suddenly, the crowd came alive and surged towards the fleeing [neo]fascists. When the corner was turned, the crowd regained the target of the event and struck back against it, subverting police forces and evading [neo]fascists. Riot police slowed by bewilderment and equipment were unable to stop property damage.