Gallery: Counterprotesters meet Confederate groups on Oxford town Square

Posted on Feb 23 2019 - 2:02am by DM Staff Report

After a week of tension in Oxford, a group of around 30 pro-Confederate protesters organized in the Square and began marching to campus in support of the university’s Confederate monument just after 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Campus and city police had an increased presence in the area around the protesters, and S.W.A.T teams stood by.

Counter-protesters gathered across the street from where the the neo-Confederate groups positioned themselves on the steps of the Lafayette County Courthouse. The groups yelled at one another as a crowd of onlookers formed along the sidewalks on the Square.

 

Photo by Christian Johnson

 

Photo by Christian Johnson

 

Photo by Christian Johnson

 

Photo by Daniel Payne

 

Photo by Daniel Payne

Photo by Christian Johnson

 

Check out our full coverage of the weekend protests here.