JUST six weeks after protesters faced off on Buchanan Street, a far-right demonstration erupted into violence at Glasgow Green.
The event was organised by the Unite the Clans group, an organisation which first came to the public's attention when they staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament in March.
It has already faced fierce criticism, and earlier this week, in a social media post, Stand Up to Racism (STUR) identified multiple extremists who were scheduled to speak at Saturday's rally.
One, named Josh Fernie, had previously written on Twitter/X: "You ever thought it was 'Nazi Germany' standing up to the Jews?"
While another, going by the name of StillBuilt, said in a TikTok video, "I would trust Mussolini, and I would trust Adolf Hitler".
Patriotic Alternative member Richard McFarlane was also speaking.
Arriving at the park around 11am, there were already multiple individuals standing on the grass and many wearing black balaclavas. They flew "stop the boats" flags, held "protect our kids" placards and chanted "sent them home".
They stood next to banners which had been tied to nearby trees reading "send all illegal immigrants home" and "anti-racist just means anti-white".
To me, the most bizarre was what looked like an AI-generated Charlie Kirk remembrance flag.
Surrounding them, and massively outnumbering them on most sides, were anti-racism protesters, including representatives from unions, multiple political parties and members of the public.
For the first hour, it was as calm as a two-way protest can be, with both sides chanting and a large police presence successfully separating the sides.
SUTR protestors held placards reading "women against the far right" and "no one is illegal"; they chanted "shame" at those facing them.
I photographed several of them before attempting to cross over to the Unite the Clans demonstration to take pictures.
When I asked a police officer if it was safe to do so, he advised me not to as members of the rally were "throwing planks of wood".
Soon, video footage started to emerge showing demonstrators throwing bottles at the anti-racism protesters and police officers.
Then, what felt like out of nowhere, those from the far-right rally started sprinting toward the east side of the park. It was here that things became increasingly violent as they clashed with anti-racism protesters and police, who had to use batons and horses to control the crowd.
Now we know 15 people have been arrested. The offences include assault, possession of offensive weapons, breach of the peace, obstruction and resisting arrest.
Saturday was not the first time I've felt unsafe at a demonstration.
At June's protest, men who chanted "protect our women" did so while trying to grab my phone and stare me down in intimidation.
On Saturday, despite a large presence, it really felt like the police were struggling to control the situation. When the violence began, things felt quite scary quite quickly.
Following this, speakers from Unite the Clans felt compelled to remind their supporters to "protest peacefully" as a large group of them started to travel towards the city centre.
On a day when Glasgow is welcoming the world to the Commonwealth Games, I can only hope as few as possible witnessed this disgusting hatred.
