Posted on 08/17/2017 7:42:23 AM PDT by RightGeek
Both NBC News and the BBC have put out videos offering fact-checks on some of President Trump’s claims about what took place in Charlottesville. Both agree there were violent anti-fascist protesters who came to the protest looking for a fight. First, here’s NBC’s report.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VkD5CeEv8
"Since the weekend, witnesses have told us that in fact, both sides were antagonizing for a fight,"; NBC's Tom Costello says. Later, the report shows a clip of Trump's Tuesday press conference in which he said, "What about the alt-left? What about the fact that they came charging ... with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs?" Costello's narration continues, "In fact, that's true. Witnesses tell NBC News there were people on both sides who seemed ready for a fight and some counter-protesters were armed with clubs, some with pepper spray."
The BBC published a similar look at the violence in Charlottesville and what Trump said about it. BBC reporter Joel Gunter, who was there Saturday, said, "The President said that the violence on Saturday was perpetrated by both sides. "After playing a clip of Trump’s press conference, Gunter continued, "Trump is right. There was violence on both sides. I saw counter-protesters throw bottles, rocks and paint and clash with the white supremacists. Both sides sprayed pepper spray.
Gunter goes on to say that the "majority" of counter-protesters were "locals" who "didn't want racism on their streets."
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What they are failing to report is that if the police had done their job, and kept the two sides apart, there wouldn’t have been any violent clashes, except between Antifa, Black Lies and the police. Left to their own devices, the anti-statue removal crowd would not have engaged in violence, that’s unlike antifa and Black Lies, violence and destruction is the name of their game.
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