Ga. Confederate flag supporters face terrorism charges

[pinebox]

Source: WVLT tv, Knoxville

Individuals associated with a group of Confederate flag supporters in Douglas County, Ga., have been indicted on terrorism charges, it was announced on Monday.

The charges are related to a July 25 incident in which members of a group called Respect the Flag drove a convoy of vehicles displaying Confederate flags through a neighborhood in Douglasville, when they were involved in an altercation with residents outside a home where a children's birthday party was taking place.

According to a July 27 Atlanta Journal-Constitution report, those engaged in the confrontation offered conflicting accounts of what happened.

Residents said the demonstrators entered their neighborhood and started shouting racial slurs.

Read more: http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/Ga-Confederate-flag-supporters-face-terrorism-charges-332118522.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WVLT_Volunteer_TV

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Video at link of confrontation.

[phantom power]

1. good

[CharlotteVale]

2. Glad to hear it.

[uawchild]

3. The NYTimes has picked up the story too

"Confederate Flag Supporters Indicted in Clash With Black Partygoers"




http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/us/confederate-flag-supporters-georgia-indicted-clash-black-partygoers.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[rockfordfile]

5. Seeing that picture

Seeing that picture and others like it remind me the isis. I would be driving down the road and see something stupid like that in the picture, and say damn, "it's isis wannabe."

[MMTampa]

12. Never thought of it that way...

Scary how true that comparison is...on so many levels.

[demwing]

8. Treason

The Confederacy tried to overthrow the Union, and were defeated. These men are waving the flag of insurrection and treason.

[roguevalley]

13. Good. I love the smell of justice in the morning. :D

[Ahpook]

14. Wow

What wonderful traits these idiots possess.

Stupid, scared and violent

[cstanleytech]

4. Perfect punishment would be sentencing them to 21600 hours of having to pickup and clean

the roads in Douglasville for the next 20 years.

[mountain grammy]

6. Glad they're indicted.. hoping for a conviction.

and a lengthy jail sentence.

[cstanleytech]

15. What? They aren't worth the cost to keep them in jail.

I much prefer the idea of having them spend 20 hours a week for the next twenty years picking up the trash off the roads in the town they did this in because they are then being useful as an very visible lesson to others that certain behavior will not be tolerated.

[geek tragedy]

16. though, deploying them in such a fashion would be to

put trash on the roads.

[cstanleytech]

18. Good one

[demwing]

7. I just don't get the mentality

What is it about treating others like shit that makes a person feel joy or empowerment? How fucking low is your damaged self-esteem that you can't manage to bring yourself up, so you have to knock other people down, just so you can feel superior?

To be human, you first have to be humane. Those who have no sense of humanity have no place referring to others as animals.

[Jchall2000]

10. I'm not sure.

I believe the power trip that comes with belittling others appeals to the mentally ill, and those who believe they have no power over others. It's a sad display, really. Very troubling. They lack valued qualities that you'd relate to the 'Human' mindset. You're absolutely right, Demwing.

[jtuck004]

19. The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. Carl

Most time when you look into their background, one will find they were taught to be that way. Sometimes by the most well-meaning of people who, sadly, are just re-creating sad mirrors of their self.

[npk]

20. They're bullies and their lives generally suck

I sadly grew up around these people, and they are absolute 100% bullies. They cannot possibly understand how to live in a civilized society.

[Ilsa]

9. At a kid's birthday party, no less.

These terrorists drove over and harassed these people.

[Enthusiast]

11. Dopes.

[Art_from_Ark]

21. That might be the most charitable thing you can say about them

[Dramato]

17. And they wanted a license plate in Texas

Idiots.