«Breaking News» Protesters come face-to-face in Winston-Salem over Confederate statue

Hundreds of opposing protesters took to the streets of a Massachusets town on Sunday to protest for and against the removal of a Confederate statue.

Nearly 150 people campaigning against a statue honoring Confederate soldiers who died during the American Civil War arranged the march in the city center of Winston-Salem on Sunday morning.

But their demonstrations took an ugly turn when around 50 counter-protesters gathered nearby in the square where the controversial statue stands. 

A supporter of the Confederate statue in Winston-Salem, N.C. taunts anti-statue protestors on Sunday

Protesters gathered to sing Dixie at the foot of the statue in a show of support for the century-old monument

The Confederate statue was erected over 100 years ago in 1905 to celebrate the war dead in the Civil War

Anti-statue protesters chanted 'No hate, no KKK, no fascist USA,' 'Your Southern soldiers were enemy combatants, and 'In the name of Happy Hill, don't ignore the people's will.' 

They also held signs saying 'Down with White Supremacy,' 'Get Hate out of Winston-Salem,' and 'Always Antifascist.' 

Despite being separated by only 25 feet, the protests did not descend into violence, however.

Only police officers, journalists and photographers separated the baying crowds - with cops only needing to telling the two groups to move back once.  

Statue supporters mostly did not respond to the chants coming from across the street, although there were catcalls screamed across the open square long into the afternoon.

Terrance Hawkins, with Drum Majors Alliance, a demonstrator in favor of moving a Confederate statue to Salem Cemetery, speaks during Sunday's rally

Anti-statue protesters waved 'Black Lives Matter' banners and 'Hate Outta Winston' signs during their march

Several speakers who want the statue to be moved told the crowd that the statue stood for the Confederacy that oppressed slaves and for Southerners who oppressed freed black people afterward. Some called for the statue to be destroyed.

The Rev. Paul Robeson Ford, the senior pastor at First Baptist Church on Highland Avenue, said that Confederate soldiers fought for the wrong cause.

'The Civil War was fought because of slavery,' Ford said. 'Bury every monument at least 6 feet into the ground. Racism is evil. Kill it. It starts with that statue.'

But Richard Webster of Tobaccoville said he wanted to do his part to encourage preservation of part of local history.

'It is part of our history and heritage,' Webster said. 'It is like a tombstone. It honors our ancestors.' 

The Rev. Paul Robeson Ford of First Baptist Church (left) and Lance Spivey, chairman of Heirs to the Confederacy (right) both turned out to voice their support for the opposing campaigns

Mikhaela Payden-Travers, a demonstrator in support of moving a Confederate statue to Salem Cemetery, displays a sign during the rally

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