Posted on 08/13/2017 4:16:12 PM PDT by Helicondelta
FOX News reporter Doug McKelway attended the violent protests Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
McKelway told FOX News viewers the police pulled out of Lee Park after the violence started. The police told him, “We’re leaving. It’s too dangerous.”
Doug McKelway: We are now beginning to hear criticism bubble up on all sides of this event about the initial slow response by the police. When I got out of my car yesterday in Charlottesville about 10:30 in the morning you knew this was a bad scene and bad things were going to be happening because people were congregating at Lee Park and Emancipation Park wearing helmets, body armor, carrying big heavy sticks. Nobody was intent on peace here from either side. People were intent on causing havoc and causing damage. And even as wounded were being brought out of the park police were sitting idly by. I was standing off a cordoned off area where the police had set up as a staging area, the state police, and they said you can come in here this is a safe area. But when the tear gas started to fly, thrown by protesters, the police themselves began to evacuate then. I asked the guy who was in charge, “Where you going?” He said, “We’re leaving. It’s too dangerous.” They had a chance to nip this thing in the bud and they chose not to.
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That flametrower buck has some serious prison muscles.
The same police we are supposed to call instead of protecting ourselves with our guns? Ugh.
I noticed that many of the faux-white nationalist looked all pasty and chubby.
They won’t fare well in the revolution.
And yet the Mayor of Charlottesville gets headlines blaming Trump’s ‘ lack of leadership”
President Trump: don’t let them make this your “ Hurricane Katrina”
Considering that both sides came looking for trouble I’m not sure I blame the police for not wanting to wind up in the middle, job or no job.
Crass as it may seem, there are two sides here. Pick one.
What ?
Did the Lefty Mayor or McAwful call
back the police ?
One of them did .
<><>Mike Signer <>mayor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Signer
Check out the education background.... then his first job after law school.
Where else have we heard about a law firm with a very similar name? Is it the same outfit?
Calling all “dots” please line up....
The Mueller gang is assembling the troops.....
http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/index.php/Wes_Bellamy
Kay, so SAN JOSE east, basically.
Trump supporters funneled right into an ambush.
The silver lining:
San Jose is now getting sued, and (my best Trump-speak, here) BIGLY.
“because people were congregating at Lee Park and Emancipation Park wearing helmets, body armor, carrying big heavy sticks. Nobody was intent on peace here from either side. People were intent on causing havoc and causing damage. “
This is identical to Berkeley. Antifa openly publishes their suggested battle gear for their Black Block mobs. There’s ad hoc groups who oppose them that are now doing the same. This isn’t secret.
These city officials know exactly what can happen. It’s not like they don’t care- they do. They want the violence to go forward. If they didn’t they would let the police control these mobs and keep them separated.
This isn't a binary choice. When your options are between bad and worse then it doesn't take a lot of sense to decide that you prefer neither.
The story I’ve heard from one of the organizers is that they worked with the Charlottesville police for two months to obtain a permit for their demonstration. They got their permit but two weeks before the protest date, Charlottesville’s Mayor or Managing Director pulled their permit, denying them their assemble. They took the city to court and a FEDERAL judge reenstated the permit, allowing them to conduct their protest. On the day of the protest, the anti protest crowd had already assembled before the scheduled start of the protesting, blocking and harassing the protestors. The Charlottesville police were nowhere to be seen and the anti crowd started their violence. It is obvious the city and Governor did NOTHING to insure the exercise of free speech on behalf of the protestors and ALLOWED the violence and injuries to happen. This is what we have come to. If you are black, you will be given the “freedom to destroy” - Ferguson. If you are whiter, you have No rights.
“Nobody was intent on peace here from either side.”
No, one side was prepared to create violence. The other was prepared to counter violence.
They won’t fare well in the revolution.
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My support for the police is ebbing quickly.
An estimated 30% of the Alt-Right people were openly armed with guns. There wasn’t going to be a serious challenge to that,
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