Visitors to downtown Valparaiso are becoming accustomed to hundreds of NWI Activists protesters on the courthouse lawn every couple of weeks. The liberal protesters themselves are now protesting the treatment they’re getting from conservative counter-protesters and the police.

A special Labor Day protest drew about 400 participants and what co-organizer Deb McLeod estimated was about eight counter-protesters.

The counter-protesters have amped up their response during the last two protests. A physical altercation ensued on Sept. 1.

“They brought their own megaphone,” said NWI Activists founder and organizer Lisa Nicole. “They were just basically screaming nonsense and following us.”

Mayor Jon Costas said there have been many of these protests in recent months.

“We’ve worked pretty clos

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