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Who was responsible for the violence in Charlottesville? Here's what witnesses say (both sides)
LA Times ^

Posted on 08/16/2017 11:45:10 AM PDT by Cubs Fan

Lots of accounts from left right and all in between. Show the violence was, just as trump says, on both sides.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antifa; charlottesville; neonazis; virginia
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To: Cboldt

I thought the original demonstration was broken up at 12:00, and the car incident occurred around five hours later.


41 posted on 08/16/2017 12:22:03 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Sacajaweau; Slyfox

Obama was the puppet, Soros the puppetmaster.


42 posted on 08/16/2017 12:22:52 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

LMAO. Great post.


43 posted on 08/16/2017 12:22:53 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein
After speeding down a nearly empty block he had to put some brakes on...

https://twitter.com/brennanmgilmore/status/896434516260212737/video/1

44 posted on 08/16/2017 12:24:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

brake lights, and it looks like someone had already smashed his rear window (on the right side)????

I’m not saying the driver has no fault, of course, but braking and also being assaulted may go to his state of mind and intentions.... I haven’t studied all the photo and videos, but a driver’s panic reaction to a violent mob would be a different matter, both morally and legally, than a premeditated driving attack as it’s usually being described.


45 posted on 08/16/2017 12:24:49 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

brake lights, and it looks like someone had already smashed his rear window (on the right side)????

I’m not saying the driver has no fault, of course, but braking and also being assaulted may go to his state of mind and intentions.... I haven’t studied all the photo and videos, but a driver’s panic reaction to a violent mob would be a different matter, both morally and legally, than a premeditated driving attack as it’s usually being described.


46 posted on 08/16/2017 12:24:49 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Jonah Johansen

Correct. Because someone finally called the violent left out, eyes will be opened long term.


47 posted on 08/16/2017 12:25:41 PM PDT by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump - 5 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: Enchante
Apparently his brakes didn't work as well as his brake lights...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAf-6irU2Y

48 posted on 08/16/2017 12:27:39 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Sacajaweau

In addition to being god to half of our voters, the Fraud was the most successful racist pig in American history.


49 posted on 08/16/2017 12:28:37 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Alberta's Child
Illegal gathering called at 11:50'ish, At 1:42pm (17:42 GMT) a speeding car rammed into counter-demonstrators, helicopter crash around 5 p.m.

Charlottesville attack: What, where and who? - Al Jazeera

50 posted on 08/16/2017 12:29:42 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cubs Fan

“lots of guns, utilizing Virginia’s loose firearm laws”

Hmmm...I have yet to see a single firearm in any photo or video?


51 posted on 08/16/2017 12:29:57 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Cubs Fan

Aside from this random act of journalism—

...

Almost, but calling violent law breaking anarchists, anti-racism protesters, isn’t journalism.


52 posted on 08/16/2017 12:31:26 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

I was looking for skid marks in all the videos. The only ones I saw were when he backed up. He didnt lock up the brakes going forward anywhere that I could find.

We dont do any of this kinda thing out here in Kansas so I’m the most unqualified.


53 posted on 08/16/2017 12:32:23 PM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations)
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To: TigersEye

yeah, well, I didn’t say he was a competent driver or that he does not bear a heavy responsibility for what he did.... what I haven’t seen is evidence that it was a premeditated attack, as has been so widely assumed and asserted.

I’ve been waiting for a lot more evidence to become public before I spend my time wading through it all. All I’m saying now is that a reckless panic, if that’s what happened, would be a different thing than a premeditated attack.


54 posted on 08/16/2017 12:33:44 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: TigersEye

yeah, well, I didn’t say he was a competent driver or that he does not bear a heavy responsibility for what he did.... what I haven’t seen is evidence that it was a premeditated attack, as has been so widely assumed and asserted.

I’ve been waiting for a lot more evidence to become public before I spend my time wading through it all. All I’m saying now is that a reckless panic, if that’s what happened, would be a different thing than a premeditated attack.


55 posted on 08/16/2017 12:33:44 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

If that’s true, then there is no way he will be convicted of anything worse than involuntary manslaughter.


56 posted on 08/16/2017 12:35:31 PM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Left Hates Trump, So I'm Lovin Him)
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To: Enchante

He started speeding towards a dense crowd of people from a point on the street where there were very few people, none of whom were paying attention to him, with a near empty intersection directly behind him and a totally empty street on the other side of the intersection.

Where was the cause for panic?


57 posted on 08/16/2017 12:37:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: attiladhun2

Ah, but don’t forget that his trial will be for show only, as it is already predetermined that he was a white supremacist looking to run over as many peaceful anti-racist protesters as he could.


58 posted on 08/16/2017 12:38:13 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (Bring back lords and kings)
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To: Cboldt

Thanks for the clarification. I got the timing of the fatalities mixed up.


59 posted on 08/16/2017 12:41:24 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

His attorney ought to request change of venue, if he (or she)is halfway competent. He will likely get an incompetent PD.


60 posted on 08/16/2017 12:43:10 PM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Left Hates Trump, So I'm Lovin Him)
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