Report: DHS Warned Of Violent Clashes At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published AUGUST 30, 2017 11:28 AM
The Department of Homeland Security warned state and local law enforcement ahead of the Aug. 12 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that it was likely to be one of the most violent clashes to date between white supremacists and anti-fascist and anarchist groups, Politico reported Tuesday.
The rally, ostensibly to protest the removal of a Confederate monument from a park, was extremely violent: A counter-protester was killed when a man who had earlier been photographed with white nationalists allegedly rammed his car into a crowd.
Three additional arrests were made in recent days: Two Unite The Right attendees were arrested and charged with malicious wounding in connection with the brutal beating of Deandre Harris, 20, in a parking garage. And Richard Preston, an imperial wizard of the Confederate Knights, a KKK affiliate, was arrested for firing his weapon nearby a school during the rally. Video from the ACLU of Virginia showed Preston firing his gun at a crowd of protesters.
That video also showed Virginia State Police, feet away from Preston when he fired the shot, not responding at all to the incident. The city and law enforcement have come under criticism for not more actively intervening to keep the peace.
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lark
(23,003 posts)Nothing at all was done to stop the carnage from the asshole rw'ers until the car incident. Then they finally decided to do something and get off their asses. They were complicit and if I were Heather's mom, I would probably be consulting a lawyer about now.
Edited to fix typo
csziggy
(34,120 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029491135
Emphasis added by me.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Just saying
procon
(15,805 posts)DOJ (I know, really?) should investigate, but they likely will not because racists live their now and there is no redress.