In South Carolina, thousands of people flooded the state House in Columbia as the New Black Panther Party and the Ku Klux Klan held two separate protests on Saturday. At least five people were arrested as heavily armed police officers surrounded the area and stood guard on nearby rooftops. Members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Loyal White Knights performed Nazi salutes and advocated for white power in what was reported to be the first KKK rally outside the South Carolina state House in over 25 years. Saturday’s opposing protests came eight days after the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina state House.