It was a "state sponsored riot". The Charlottesville Mayor, police and civic leaders "green lighted" the violent confrontations. They facilitated the riot by the police arraying themselves on three sides and letting the mutual combatants engage in hundreds of cases of felony assaults. Hundreds. The abject lawlessness was designed to serve the most morally bankrupt purposes. To foment public violence as the "Resistance". We also note that virtually no one was arrested. Scores and scores of people engage on the most reprehensible violence and it's just another day in Charlottesville. Or Berkeley, CA. Or Chicago, IL. 

Now the WN, KKK, et al, had their social media moment. Rather than allowing the nitwits to march, in accordance with the lawful permit, the 1st A, and SCOTUS case law, the political leaders chose violence. If I don't agree with someone's views I can physically assault them? We reap what we sow.