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A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee located in Lee Park, Charlottesville, VA is attracting attention from White Supremacists.
The ugly reality shows its face-
University Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, face off against KKK, and White Supremacists, and Extremist Far Right.
The police stood by, while White Supremacists did whatever they wanted to do, from Friday to Saturday afternoon-
Aug. 12, 2017
"... a vehicle has plowed into a group of peacefully marching counter-protesters at the “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday afternoon."
"There was someone in a dark vehicle that sped, very quickly, down this road and rammed into the crowd,” witness Nic McCarthy told C-VILLE Weekly. “People... He backed up and he went back in again.”
“Yeah, it was intentional,” said witness Dan Miller. “About 40 miles an hour, hit about 15-20 people, crashed into the two cars in front of it, and then backed up and sped away while cops were standing on the side of the road and didn’t do anything.”
A second video shows the silver car reversing down several blocks, its front bumper dragging along the ground, as the driver flees the scene of the carnage.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...nia-white-supremacist-rally-article-1.3406210
Police Arrest Suspect After Car Plows Into Anti-Racist Demonstrators During White Supremacy March
https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/charlottesville-unite-the-right?utm_term=.blemV4MNq#.fnPy4AQ2l
Charlottesville is very much aware what all of this means-
"The University of Virginia granted degrees to Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler (music and English, and psychology, respectively),...)
http://www.c-ville.com
This event, August 12, 2017, is about more than a equestrian state of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The crazy people, from the other side of the mirror, have arrived to promote their brand of crazy. This is a small, peaceful, corner of the world, where healing is taking place. This is where the the crazy people are pitching a battle on sanity.
/end gsgs comment
Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”
“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.
A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to a temporary injunction that blocks the city from removing the statue for six months.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08...-white-nationalist-rally-turns-violent-video/
Debate over the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville began when an African-American high school student started a petition more than a year ago to have it removed. Lee, who was born in Virginia, commanded Confederate forces in the Civil War from 1862 until he surrendered in 1865.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...pares-for-violence-at-white-nationalist-rally
In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08...-white-nationalist-rally-turns-violent-video/
"Please consider the fact that last month the City and its employees made significant sacrifices to ensure that the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan could hold a rally.”
The Charlottesville Police Department previously spent a total of $32,835 on personnel and supplies for the July 8 KKK rally.
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/articl...-citys-decision-to-move-unite-the-right-rally
Members of the Ku Klux Klan staged a similar protest one month ago that ended in the arrest of 23 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/kkk-rally-charlottesville-robert-e-lee-statue.html?_r=0
Friday night set the tone for Saturday, starting after a federal judge forced the city to accommodate Saturday’s rally after it had initially announced that organizers had to move it to another park.
U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by right-wing blogger Jason Kessler, who organized “Unite the Right,” according to the Associated Press. The city said in response that it would accommodate the rally.
Hundreds of (...) marched with torches through the University of Virginia’s campus after the judge’s decision on Friday night,
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown...ille-va-fights-erupt-white-nationalist-rally/
This woman called it, for what it is-
http://www.theroot.com/why-haven-t-the-charlotte-va-police-responded-to-whi-1797778989
The ugly reality shows its face-
University Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, face off against KKK, and White Supremacists, and Extremist Far Right.
The police stood by, while White Supremacists did whatever they wanted to do, from Friday to Saturday afternoon-
Aug. 12, 2017
"... a vehicle has plowed into a group of peacefully marching counter-protesters at the “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday afternoon."
"There was someone in a dark vehicle that sped, very quickly, down this road and rammed into the crowd,” witness Nic McCarthy told C-VILLE Weekly. “People... He backed up and he went back in again.”
“Yeah, it was intentional,” said witness Dan Miller. “About 40 miles an hour, hit about 15-20 people, crashed into the two cars in front of it, and then backed up and sped away while cops were standing on the side of the road and didn’t do anything.”
A second video shows the silver car reversing down several blocks, its front bumper dragging along the ground, as the driver flees the scene of the carnage.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...nia-white-supremacist-rally-article-1.3406210
Police Arrest Suspect After Car Plows Into Anti-Racist Demonstrators During White Supremacy March
https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/charlottesville-unite-the-right?utm_term=.blemV4MNq#.fnPy4AQ2l
Charlottesville is very much aware what all of this means-
"The University of Virginia granted degrees to Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler (music and English, and psychology, respectively),...)
http://www.c-ville.com
This event, August 12, 2017, is about more than a equestrian state of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The crazy people, from the other side of the mirror, have arrived to promote their brand of crazy. This is a small, peaceful, corner of the world, where healing is taking place. This is where the the crazy people are pitching a battle on sanity.
/end gsgs comment
Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”
“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.
A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to a temporary injunction that blocks the city from removing the statue for six months.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08...-white-nationalist-rally-turns-violent-video/
Debate over the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville began when an African-American high school student started a petition more than a year ago to have it removed. Lee, who was born in Virginia, commanded Confederate forces in the Civil War from 1862 until he surrendered in 1865.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...pares-for-violence-at-white-nationalist-rally
In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08...-white-nationalist-rally-turns-violent-video/
"Please consider the fact that last month the City and its employees made significant sacrifices to ensure that the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan could hold a rally.”
The Charlottesville Police Department previously spent a total of $32,835 on personnel and supplies for the July 8 KKK rally.
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/articl...-citys-decision-to-move-unite-the-right-rally
Members of the Ku Klux Klan staged a similar protest one month ago that ended in the arrest of 23 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/kkk-rally-charlottesville-robert-e-lee-statue.html?_r=0
Friday night set the tone for Saturday, starting after a federal judge forced the city to accommodate Saturday’s rally after it had initially announced that organizers had to move it to another park.
U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by right-wing blogger Jason Kessler, who organized “Unite the Right,” according to the Associated Press. The city said in response that it would accommodate the rally.
Hundreds of (...) marched with torches through the University of Virginia’s campus after the judge’s decision on Friday night,
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown...ille-va-fights-erupt-white-nationalist-rally/
This woman called it, for what it is-
http://www.theroot.com/why-haven-t-the-charlotte-va-police-responded-to-whi-1797778989