Quote:One person was arrested after overnight protests in downtown Richmond near VCU and Monument Avenue turned violent.

While 8News was not able to determine who organized the march, groups carrying anti-fascist flags chanted anti-Confederate phrases and demanded that the monuments be removed.

Police said demonstrators marched from the corner of Broad Street and North Laurel Street west toward Lombardy before getting onto Monument Avenue and marching to the Robert E. Lee Monument. The group then turned around and stopped briefly by the JEB Stuart Statue before getting back on Broad Street.

At one point, a protester carrying an anti-fascist flag climbed the JEB Stuart Statue and put the flag on the monument; the flag has since been removed.

Some protesters became aggressive towards journalists and screamed vulgar language to law enforcement.

8News reporter Tracey Smith says she witnessed a man get hit in the head with a bat. There’s no word yet on how many people were injured.