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Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far right rally (attacked by Antifa Left)
BBC News ^ | 8/12/2017 | BBC

Posted on 08/12/2017 11:07:28 AM PDT by Nextrush

Officials in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia have declared a state of emergency ahead of a large march by white nationalists......

Violent clashes between far-right groups and counter-protestors have left at least two injured, police say.

President Donald Trump has condemned the violence.....

Earlier police fired tear gas against demonstrators and said that arrests had been made after a declaration of unlawful assembly....................

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: altright; antifa; charlottesville; cvariots; terrymcauliffe; uva; virginia
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To: Pollard

“I didn’t see that angle before. So the dodge drove into the back of another car and that other car is what plowed into people.”

Did you not see the dude that was knocked over the convertible by the dodge?


181 posted on 08/12/2017 1:49:02 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: sheana

THANKS OBAMA!!!

8 yes of BLM and we’re shocked.

BLM and nazis attacking each other...let the thugs go for it.


182 posted on 08/12/2017 1:49:17 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Pollard
"I didn’t see that angle before. So the dodge drove into the back of another car and that other car is what plowed into people."

Check this angle out ...


183 posted on 08/12/2017 1:50:27 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Republican Wildcat

Stupid @$$hats.


184 posted on 08/12/2017 1:59:33 PM PDT by Darnright (If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France)
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To: grey_whiskers

The “handling” of this situation by McAuliffe and the pols in Charlottesville is beyond pathetic, and they bear much of the responsibility for what unfolded today.

This situation has been building for months; law enforcement was justifiably concerned about the potential for escalation. Yet, security was ultimately assigned to a small, professional (but undermanned) college town police department, with limited support from the local sheriff’s office and state police. They were clearly unprepared for what unfolded and McAuliffe and his fellow Dims never offered any assistance; in fact, the governor didn’t get around to declaring a state of emergency until last night.

I was told there was a similar confrontation between the Ku Kluxers and the Antifa crowd in Pikeville, KY a few months ago. In that situation, state and local officials mobilized an overwhelming police presence and the two sides never came within striking distance of each other. At the end of the day, the hate mongers on both sides went home, and no one died.

McAuliffe can’t run for re-election. He knows the media will never blame him for what happened today, but they will try to pin responsibility on Donald Trump and (to a lesser extent), Ed Gillespie, the GOP-E nominee for governor. In the meantime, McAuliffe will be running for the Dim presidential in 2020, and his role in today’s debacle will be long-forgotten by then.


185 posted on 08/12/2017 2:00:30 PM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Steve_Seattle

“If the counter-protesters had stayed away, this event would have gone down as a nothing burger”

That’s what I was thinking.
the Leftists came in and cause a riot like they ALWAYS do. Why’s this a big surprise that someone finally got hurt? Terry the Governor is to blame for this too. There’s no way that he was unaware that AntiFa was coming to town for this. He should have had the police there in force to keep these two groups apart. Instead he stood down until someone got hurt.

This is a Setup plain and simple.


186 posted on 08/12/2017 2:02:58 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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To: cynwoody
Video of the car: https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/896451158319013893

According to the guy holding the video camera in your linked video, the injured people were NOT the so-called "White-Supremist" marchers, but were instead the counter-protesters who were getting ready to march, but had not yet started moving. listen carefully to his panicked comments. I did not see any black-clad, masked, back-packed Antifa types there, mostly young, colorfully dressed idiots of whatever idealistic wing, although some were wearing backpacks.

187 posted on 08/12/2017 2:03:59 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: caww

Code Pink !?!

Cindy Shehann still around?


188 posted on 08/12/2017 2:13:55 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Swordmaker

“I did not see any black-clad, masked, back-packed Antifa types there, “

Check center of photograph in my #183 AND to the left is a antifa black flag.


189 posted on 08/12/2017 2:15:24 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Roccus; caww
Hate to piss in yer cornflakes, but that ain't the "perp car." The white convertible was on the receiving end of being rammed by the Dodge.

How long will it be before we see the first Liberal Democrat introducing legislation to control or ban Assault Dodges or at least "Sane, Sensible, Dodge background checks" and "a ten day waiting period" before taking possession, not to mention limitations on gas tank capacity to seven gallons, and gas pedal locks?

190 posted on 08/12/2017 2:15:42 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Big Red Badger

Yea..go figure...code pink was there....I was waiting for planned parenthood to show their faces too! Looks like many minority victim groups like to show up and be seen when there’s cameras going.....might mean they get their 5 seconds of fame.....Minority Political Identity groups LOVE the cameras.


191 posted on 08/12/2017 2:18:23 PM PDT by caww
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To: wastoute
Looking at this photo really makes me wonder if it wasn’t a friendly fire incident.

I think that the group attacked was the counter-protesters, and we don't yet know who or what were the motives of the driver behind the wheel of the Assault Dodge. We may have it backwards. it may be a Neo-Nazi behind the wheel attacking what he thought were Antifa protestors. . . the video of the actual group hit seems to back the idea they were mostly young counter-protestors rather than older alt-right marchers.

Then there's always the possibility the guy behind the wheel was screaming "Allahu Akbar!" as he plowed into what he thought to be a random group of infidels.

192 posted on 08/12/2017 2:23:27 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker

No he was a Trump hater libtards. Friendly fire, killed the wrong white folks so now the police are saying it was an accident. Which it was, he meant to kill alt-right.


193 posted on 08/12/2017 2:26:33 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Nextrush

Antifa should be designated a terrorist group.

Arrest all the leaders and members. Ship their terrorist @sses to Gimo.


194 posted on 08/12/2017 2:27:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Republican Wildcat; All

These are obviously University of Virginia Students.

How much you want to bet these are provocateurs?

I bet the ones throwing the Hitler salute are far Leftist that actually voted for Hillary.


195 posted on 08/12/2017 2:31:03 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Pollard
I didn’t see that angle before. So the dodge drove into the back of another car and that other car is what plowed into people.

Look at the video again. There's a person (woman I think) clearly hit and thrown OVER the white car and bouncing off its windshield and landing on the white car's hood after being hit by the Dodge Charger at high speed. I think she was unlikely to have survived that impact. She looked like a rag doll.

The white convertible moved only a few feet before rear-ending an SUV and may have pinned some people between them.

196 posted on 08/12/2017 2:31:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: TexasGator

I would be willing to bet 10 to 1 Matt is a Fed.


197 posted on 08/12/2017 2:32:33 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

“I would be willing to bet 10 to 1 Matt is a Fed.”

I will take that bet.


198 posted on 08/12/2017 2:39:28 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Swordmaker

See the photo in #183.


199 posted on 08/12/2017 2:41:10 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: cynwoody

How could anyone with half a brain have anything positive to say about Hitler? There are some real idiots out there.


200 posted on 08/12/2017 2:43:42 PM PDT by boycott
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