In August of 2017, Kiazolu participated in the counterprotest against the "Unite the Right" rally being held in Charlottesville. Her motives for going were simple, that a counterprotest would need as many people as possible. There she saw face to face members of Neo-Nazi groups and the KKK, and was subjected to tear gas attacks on behalf of the police and KKK, and was even assaulted by a KKK member. She was not injured further, and was able to flee the scene after the death of Heather Hayer.