Minnesotans react to Charlottesville rally

Demonstrators march in downtown Los Angeles.
Demonstrators march in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, decrying hatred and racism after a white supremacist rally that spiraled into violence in Charlottesville.
Damian Dovarganes | AP

In the wake of a white supremacist rally in Virginia over the weekend, protesters gathered across the country to express their opposition to racism and hatred — including in Minnesota.

Minnesota community leaders, as well as a former white supremacist now working to fight hate groups, talked about the weekend events.

Guests

Carin Mrotz, executive director of Jewish Community Action.

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DeWayne Davis, senior pastor, All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church.

Tony McAleer, co-founder of Life After Hate, an organization that aims to work with people who want to leave white power/neo-Nazi groups.

Keith Mayes, professor of African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota.

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