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Couple Who Survived Charlottesville, Va., Attack Get Dream Wedding and Honor Heather Heyer
Everyone recalls that disaster of a Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Va., last year, when a raging white supremacist used the tried-and-true terror tactic of driving a moving vehicle into a crowd of people, throwing one person up into the air and eventually killing another. What many may not know is that the man…
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Neo-Nazi Who Went by ‘Tyrone’ Doxxed Out of Marines in Alleged Connection to Unite the Right Rally
I think one of the scariest parts of exposed racists is that they tend to have critical positions in society, like firefighter or middle school teacher or, I don’t know, police officer—you know, jobs where their judgment may have serious consequences for the black people with whom they may come in contact. The latest example…
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The Curse of the Tiki Torch
I’m not saying that the University of Virginia will be cursed forever because of what happened last year in Charlottesville. I’m not saying that the souls of Denmark Vesey and Isabel Sanford will haunt the steps the white supremacists marched forevermore. And by “forevermore” I mean “until at least they decide to kill that goddamn…
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Charlottesville, Va., Police Chief Announces Retirement Effective Immediately
The Charlottesville, Va., police chief who received widespread criticism over his department’s handling of this summer’s white nationalist rally that left a counterprotester dead announced Monday that he will be retiring, effective immediately. An announcement on the city’s website read: “Charlottesville Police Chief Alfred Thomas announced his retirement today after 27 years of law enforcement…
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1st-Degree Murder Charge for Accused Charlottesville, Va., Car Plower
James Fields, the man accused of plowing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., will face a new charge of first-degree murder. According to NBC News, prosecutors announced at the beginning of a preliminary trial hearing in Charlottesville on Thursday that they wanted to upgrade an initial…
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Man Injured by White Supremacist Who Drove His Car Into Crowd of Protesters Will Face Attacker in Court
You may not know Marcus Martin, but chances are, you’ve seen him. Martin was one of the Charlottesville counter protesters injured by a car that careened into a crowd during the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally. A number of photographers snapped images of the car plowing through a wall of people—Martin is in a…
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Felony Charges Against DeAndre Harris Dropped in Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
Twenty-year-old DeAndre Harris of Charlottesville, Va., has had all felony charges dropped in connection with an alleged attack during August’s white supremacist rally where he was actually beaten by poles in a parking lot. Harris was charged with unlawful wounding in connection to an incident that took place the same day. In October, when the…
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Report Calls Out Weak Police Response to Charlottesville, Va., Protests, Alleges Obstruction
An independent investigation into the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Va., has confirmed what was immediately obvious to many: that the Charlottesville Police Department and Virginia State Police royally fucked up in their response to the deadly protests. The report was conducted by a former federal prosecutor, Timothy J. Heaphy, and, at 200 pages (pdf),…
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Twitter: Oops! Did We Accidentally Verify a White Nationalist? Our System Is Broken. We’ll Fix It—‘Soon’
Updated Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, 3:13 p.m. EST: Both Twitter Support and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have responded to the controversy surrounding Jason Kessler’s account being verified by Twitter. On Thursday, the official Twitter Support account responded with the following: “Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement…
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Corey Long, the Black Man Wielding a Flamethrower to Protect Another Man in Charlottesville, Va., Is Arrested
Corey Long, the black man captured in the most iconic photo from the white nationalist march on Charlottesville, Va., two months ago, has been arrested on charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Police Lt. Stephen Upman, a Charlottesville police spokesman, said that the disorderly conduct charge is related to the makeshift flamethrower Long…