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Angry citizens blame Charlottesville city council and police in fall out after rally

(CNN) Demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, interrupted and blasted City Council members during their first meeting since violent clashes between white supremacists and counterprotesters.

Attendees at the packed meeting said they were upset that an August 12 "Unite the Right" rally was allowed to happen.

Demonstrators stood on the dais and unfurled a large banner that read, "BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS." The meeting was briefly suspended.

Speakers at the council meeting said police seemed to stand by as neo-Nazi marchers and other white nationalists demonstrated.

Many at the contentious meeting on Monday also urged the city to pull down the remaining Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, following the lead of Baltimore and other cities.

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