Virginia city rocked by white nationalist protests; 1 arrest
 

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. At least one person was arrested.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency, and police dressed in riot gear ordered people at the rally in Charlottesville to disperse after chaotic clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters.

Small bands of protesters who showed up to express their opposition to the rally were seen marching around the city peacefully by midafternoon, chanting and waving flags. Helicopters circled overhead. As of 12:30 p.m., a city spokeswoman said a single arrest was reported. Emergency medical personnel have responded to eight injuries related to the event.

Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for what he termed a "pro-white" rally to protest the city of Charlottesville's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a downtown park.

Colleen Cook, 26, stood on a curb shouting at the rally attendees to go home.

Cook, a teacher who attended the University of Virginia, said she sent her son, who is black, out of town for the weekend.

"This isn't how he should have to grow up," she said.

Cliff Erickson leaned against a fence and took in the scene. He said he thinks removing the statue amounts to erasing history and said the "counterprotesters are crazier than the alt-right."

"Both sides are hoping for a confrontation," he said.

It's the latest confrontation in Charlottesville since the city about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C., voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Lee.

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.

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.

Between rally attendees and counter-protesters, authorities were expecting as many as 6,000 people, Charlottesville police said this week.

Among those expected to attend are Confederate heritage groups, KKK members, militia groups and "alt-right" activists, who generally espouse a mix of racism, white nationalism and populism.

Both the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which track extremist groups, said the event has the potential to be the largest of its kind in at least a decade.

Officials have been preparing for the rally for months. Virginia State Police will be assisting local authorities, and a spokesman said the Virginia National Guard "will closely monitor the situation and will be able to rapidly respond and provide additional assistance if needed."

Police instituted road closures around downtown, and many businesses in the popular open-air shopping mall opted to close for the day.

Both local hospitals said they had taken precautions to prepare for an influx of patients and had extra staff on call.

There were also fights Friday night, when hundreds of white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus carrying torches.

A university spokesman said one person was arrested and several people were injured.

Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming racial prejudices with his campaign last year.

"I'm not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you're seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president."

Charlottesville, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a liberal-leaning city that's home to the flagship University of Virginia and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

The statue's removal is part of a broader city effort to change the way Charlottesville's history of race is told in public spaces. The city has also renamed Lee Park, where the statue stands, and Jackson Park, named for Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. They're now called Emancipation Park and Justice Park, respectively.

For now, the Lee statue remains. 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.


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It seems strange that when black or other minorities rally and march in support of their race, it's deemed just fine.

When white people do it...they are "white supremacists".

Maybe NOBODY should do that. And learn that skin color isn't important.

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yeah nazi logos are fine. you come down my street with that shit. last meal may be needed. goodie clips for each one of them!

Well, um, they are white supremacists, some are members of the KKK, and others are carrying the confederate flag.

What Nazi logos are in that photo?

Look at the Robbie defending the KKK running cars into crowds and hitting women at a peaceful protest. A new low for Robbie.

Oh and look at badhog now, his MO is to raise into question facts and throw out hypotheticals watering down the reality of his people doing evil shit at a peaceful protest. Sad days for badhog.

go look at the rally photos! you think they read the bible? you think bikers are cluleless to meth? you play stupid a lot. god i hope they do that shit here. omg let's play

Oh look the old white racist says the rally is about whites "taking the country back". News for you, America isn't a white power country and the white majority in this country will beat you into your graves before your fantasy sees the light of day :2 cents:

he can choose that side. i dont give 2 shits

We are the majority. The only place their "movement" is going is right back under the slimy rock they came from.

Live on periscope -- not the Fake news media -- broadcast by people on the street ...

So I already watched some people get hurt in a hit and run -- now he says 2 alt-right drivers plowed into people on the other side in the street. Just like that 'evil' Muslim that tacked in Nice.

** now he says 1 fatality, 7 injuries

I watched an alt-right screaming they are screaming at each other in this feed (he's a victim) WHITE GENOCIDE!! Cops just arrested this alt right character that assaulted a woman wile they were videoing it.

People taking to the streets -- 5 ambulances took away the people that were hit by alt-right 'terrorists'

The state police and the national guard just arrived ...

you know i do gang speaking and do a few other things. it is sad when people are scared to talk to you. there are so many things that are racist! tv,radio anything media it makes me so mad then i remember that rome fell. it may not be in my life but it will happen.

But I thought you were the minority and that's why you should be treated differently?

It takes time for cultures to change, especially in a country like America where MILLIONS of new immigrants from around the world come here and become citizens every year.

The biggest problem with this immigration is a possible erosion of our values and more acceptance of totalitarian/dictator rule.

Yes we're angry, a lot of anger & resentment, a lot of bad, wrong things done, and being done, then we step outside ourselves. That's the key. I know you already know this , for me it's a constant struggle sometimes. That black hole in us isn't meant to be fed, it's meant to be avoided and for us to grow strong healthy roots around it diminishing it's power. It gets smaller the more we avoid/ignore it, notice that? It gets bigger quick when you focus on it and feed it

Was this an Isis right wing protest?

The alt-right are close to being labelled a terrorist organization in America, this is why Twitter & other platforms are banning alt-right hate like they ban ISIS propoganda. The alt-right is not America and they are not the majority, not even close they only have the visibility they have because of Trump.

The alt-right using an ISIS tactic today to kill peaceful people is just another nail in their coffin.

America has a history of racist, xenophobic and homophobic groups coming out from under their rock every few years, banging their chests, and being slammed back under their rock again. Every 15-25 years or so.

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Actually it IS important as it defines where you came from.

Sorry but whites are superior and always will be. :thumbsup

Notice you have to apologise when giving your racist viewpoint. Common among your type. You know you're insecure and wrong but can't help yourself but spew... and you're a mixed race human, imagine that :2 cents:

Every one of the people in that tragedy today are from the United States. THAT is where they "came from".

And your statement is just plain wrong. Race has nothing to do with "superiority". Individual achievement defines that for every person.

Your thinking leads to hate. :(

You said what?..

Some people in the planet are exceptional, as Obama says.

Says the Russian that talks shit about Americans, and America all day on GFY.

America lives in your mind rent free 🇺🇸

Hate is normal and there is nothing wrong with it. :thumbsup

Oh and race has everything to do with superiority and I am not talking about a country. Countries come and go. They are nothing. You can not change facts no matter how appealing it might seem. Denial doesn't make it true.

So the march was peaceful until the anti-fascists turned up!!!!

Freedom of speech protects both sides right to march, but not the right to turn up and disrupt the march.

Here's a drone view of the racist neo nazi Trump supporter running over peaceful protesters using an ISIS terrorist vehicle as a weapon tactic.

They march for equality. We already have equality. So marching to maintain inequality is considered wrong.

You're trying to explain black equality to a white man that thinks there's nothing wrong with white men beating black men and running them over critically injuring them at the Virginia rally :2 cents:

I think your country will look very different when the Boomers die off and Gen Z grows up.

The older generations (Gen X, Millennials) will I think prove to be much more malleable and responsive to change than the stuck-in-their-ways Boomers. The anti-white attitudes that many whites currently have are based on the presumption of a large white majority. Young people growing up now do not make this presumption.

The Chinese have a huge majority in their own country, that will never come under existential threat, yet even they are bemused about why so many white people hate themselves and their history.

I don't like nazi's

But if you are against them and go there for an anti protest, must go there for a fight.
So than this happened. They could also stayed at home.
It is not like they are going to change their nazi minds if you protest there.

Equality amongst races is the law in America, not whites hating themselves and their history. White pride is fine white power is wrong, as is black power. When you purport to be better than someone else because of the pigment of your skin that is a psychological defect.

this guy is going to make bank with jordan

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There is NO excuse for what happened or for anyone who thinks they are "superior" because of their skin color.

But who started this tragedy?

Was it the Nazi's? No.
Was it "White Supremacists"? No.
Was it the "Anti-Fa" group that showed up and started fighting with the original protesters (the so-called "White Supremacists")?

NO. It was none of those people that created the whole situation to begin with.

It was GOVERNMENT.

The GOVERNMENT decided to take down the statue of General Robert E. Lee and also to rename all the public parks in the town that are named after Confederate leaders.

THAT is what drew the original protest. And THAT is what they were protesting.

I think it's dumb that they were protesting that. I think it's dumb that protesters showed up to fight with the original protesters. And it was FUCKING STUPID of the GOVERNMENT to start this fire in the first place.
But the local, state, and Federal Govt. officials along with the media aren't talking about that.

If you watch any of them on television...from the Mayor of the town to Gov. Terry McCauliffe to Pres. Donald Trump...they all conveniently leave out the part of what the ORIGINAL march was about.

Instead they talk in general terms of "hate".

They take no responsibility in the FACT that the GOVERNMENT itself started this shit for no reason. They KNEW it would outrage these people.
And they KNEW that the people marching in protest of tearing down Gen. Lee's statue and renaming all the parks would outrage the other group of people.

They could have just left everything the fuck alone. As time goes by it means less and less.

But instead the GOVERNMENT stirred up shit and now it's red hot again, and people are hurt and dead. :(

Hundreds and thousands raised for the anti fascist protesters victimized by racist nazi Trump supporters :thumbsup

Nice to see the anti-fascist protesters making bank on GoFundMe! - GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum

I've been aware of this event. But so much of it was a blur that I wasn't quite understanding. It seems like a very important event, so for my own sake I'd rather understand it better than having just the bits and pieces of the event gotten from here and there.

So I stumbled upon a video made by one of the groups who were present. It seems to be going somewhat viral. And the point of the video is to tell what really happened, which the media isn't really reporting on.

And I know you probably don't want to watch a video of a room full of southern accents talking over each other for 30 minutes. So I tried to transcribe the gist of what their side of the story is, for the sake of trying to get a fuller picture of what happened. You can just read my summary below the video, so you don't have to endure it if you choose not to.



https://youtu.be/McKfSoya2zM

And my compacted summary of the points they're trying to get across in the video. I'm not agreeing with what they're saying. I'm not disagreeing with what they're saying. I'm just trying to give a fuller picture for the sake of helping everyone better understand a very important event:

"The news media has completely mis-represented what happened in Charlottesville.

Far left or far right. Whether we agree with what you have to say or not, we agree you have the right to say it as long as you don't get violent. And we will stand up and defend your right to say it. You should be allowed to say what you believe in, without being physically assaulted by the other side for doing so. Or being in fear of being physically assaulted. We came here to defend constitutional law enforcement and to thank the cops present for being there to protect and serve. We didn't come here to hate on anybody.

If you want to be a part of our Patriots group, we don't care if you're black or white or any race, gay lesbian straight. All you need to do is believe in the United States Constitution. (Black guy joins them in the video at 7:20 and everyone cheers for him.)

There were plenty of cops present who could have easily put a stop to any violence that began. But they simply allowed the Black Lives Matter group to attack the Patriots group and did nothing. They feel the cops set the Patriots group up and allowed them to be attacked. Cops responded with "we're not here to help you" when asked to call for medical assistance after members of the Patriots group sustained head injuries from bricks being thrown at them. When they asked to police to escort them to their vehicles so they could leave safely, the cops told them "you're on your own."

They're saying the cops took an oath to protect and serve. And they should resign, for not doing so.

The Patriots group put themselves between the cops and the Black Lives Matter group and the ANTIFA group, to protect the cops from any possible violence from happening. Then the Patriots group was attacked, some of them seriously injured and beaten, and the cops did nothing but stand and watch it happen. So the Patriots group feels betrayed by the cops.

The only reason the Patriots group physically engaged with the Black Lives Matter group was to defend themselves after being attacked.

The Patriots group are not the White Nationalist group (aka the KKK) and don't agree with them at all. But again, the Patriot group agrees that the White Nationalist group, along with every other group, has the right to say what they want NON-VIOLENTLY.

The media is trying to demonize the Patriots group as being the same as the White Nationalists group.

When the day comes that we allow ANY ONE of the groups (ANTIFA, BLM, even the KKK) to be denied their right of free speech, their right to assembly...the question is, who's next? Your group? Apparently this is the primary concern of the Patriot group. And the primary reason they chose to travel to this event and partake in it. They point out that this has already happened in one sense. They took away the rebel flag, and now they're taking down historical monuments everywhere. This movement of banning things is progressive and its not going to stop with monuments.

The media is mis-representing events as a distraction to keep people divided. Because the scariest thing would be everyone in America to be truly united and supporting each other. Such a thing would threaten power. The idea being...as long as we keep fighting with each other, we don't have time for them. The media wants to focus on racial tension and divisions and supremacist groups to split people up. We have to all join together as one. Don't let color be an issue. Don't worry about race. Don't fall into that. That's what the media wants. The media doesn't want people being aware of the movement of progressively banning more and more things. The media doesn't ask people which group they're in before presenting them as a member of a certain group to the world. The media simply labels white people in the Patriots group as White Nationalists, because they're white. The way they see it, if the media doesn't demonize somebody, they're not going to sell airtime.

If you think any of the events that happened in Charlottesville has no bearing on you, wherever you are, you're wrong. This fight is in your town, in your neighborhood, on your street. And you're not even willing to see it.

The Patriot group isn't so much about protecting the rights and freedoms of the people today. We already have those, for now. Its about protecting the rights and freedoms of future generations, everyone's grandchildren. They're doing what they do to help everybody and all groups. Its everyone's duty to protect everyone's freedoms.

History repeats itself, and in a way we're re-living the Civil War all over again. We should work on not letting that happen. They're trying to erase history by tearing down the Civil War monuments. They want us to forget the mistakes of our past, and forget who we are and what we came from.

Someone asked me why would you leave the comfort of your home, travel hundreds of miles, and take part in this event in Charlottesville. And possibly risking your own life in doing so? If I'm not standing up for everyone's freedoms, then who will? Everyone has ancestors who died for the freedoms we have now. So its everyone's civic duty to stand up for everyone's freedom."