Witnesses describe clash at Lee Circle between caravan of Trump supporters and a crowd of opponents

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch


Reed Williams 3 hrs ago



Jody Adams found a bullet hole in the side of his white Subaru that was parked on Monument Avenue during Sunday’s clash between a caravan of Trump supporters and a crowd of opponents at Lee Circle.

REED WILLIAMS/times-dispatch

Tempers flared Sunday as a “Trump train” of cars tried to pass Lee Circle along Monument Avenue and clashed with opposing protesters, drawing a police presence that blocked off the area to traffic.

Witnesses said gunshots were fired during the encounter on Sunday afternoon two days before the presidential election, and one man showed a reporter a bullet hole in his car where it was parked on Monument Avenue near Lee Circle, which has been the site of racial justice protests for several months.

Several other witnesses said one or more of the supporters of President Donald Trump in the train of cars was spraying chemical irritants at an opposing crowd that was trying to block the cars from passing. One man said he narrowly avoided being run over by jumping onto the hood of a car. Another man said he ducked just in time as someone fired a gun at him from a truck, after someone else had pulled a Trump flag off one of the vehicles.

Richmond police said a woman reported at 4:18 p.m. that she had been pepper-sprayed by someone from one of the vehicles. A few minutes later, officers responded to Lee Circle to investigate a report of an unoccupied vehicle that had been struck once by gunfire.

Read more: https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/witnesses-describe-clash-at-lee-circle-between-caravan-of-trump-supporters-and-a-crowd-of/article_473ba282-d762-54b1-97da-c365ccf903ca.html

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Gunfire erupts as Trump train clashes with protesters in Virginia
Published 1 min ago on November 2, 2020By Sky Palma

This Sunday, violence broke out during a Trump caravan parade in Richmond, Virginia, near a monument to Robert. E. Lee, starting with a report to police that a woman was pepper-sprayed by an unknown person in a car. Another report said an occupant in a car was hit by gunfire, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

The “Trump Train” event was organized by Richmond City Council candidate Mike Dickinson.

According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, one reporter found a bullet hole in his car.

“Several other witnesses said one or more of the supporters of President Donald Trump in the train of cars was spraying chemical irritants at an opposing crowd that was trying to block the cars from passing,” the Times-Dispatch reports. “One man said he narrowly avoided being run over by jumping onto the hood of a car. Another man said he ducked just in time as someone fired a gun at him from a truck, after someone else had pulled a Trump flag off one of the vehicles.”

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/gunfire-erupts-as-trump-train-clashes-with-protesters-in-virginia/

[Cornus]

1. With scenes like this happening now,

imagine what Wednesday might bring after it's announced that Biden has won in a landslide!

[hadEnuf]

2. People are going to get sick of this real fast.

I think what the MAGATs want is someone to respond in-kind in order to create a diversion.

I hope the good people can hold their tempers at least until after the election.