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Black Lives Matter to Counter Protest 'White Civil Rights Rally' in DC
The Washington D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter is planning to counter protest the stupidly-named “White Civil Rights Rally” scheduled to be held near the White House at Lafayette Park on Aug. 12, which is also the anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rally that was held in Charlottesville, Va. According to Fox5DC, Shut It…
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‘White Civil Rights’ Rally Coming to DC After National Park Service Approves Application
On the first-year anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., history is set to repeat itself, with hundreds of people expected to gather in the nation’s capital for a White Civil Rights rally. According to WUSA-TV, the National Park Service has approved an application for a White Civil Rights…
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Black Charlottesville, Va., Flame Thrower Found Guilty of Disorderly Conduct, Sentenced to 20 Days in Jail
The commonwealth of Virginia, not known to be the friendliest place for black defendants, has given the young man who used a spray-paint can and lighter to defend himself against gun-wielding racists 360 days for disorderly conduct (all but 20 were suspended). Corey Alexander Long, who was a counterprotester at last August’s Unite the Right…
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Alex Michael Ramos Found Guilty of Malicious Wounding in Charlottesville, Va., Parking Garage Beating of DeAndre Harris
White supremacist Alex Michael Ramos has been found guilty of malicious wounding in the August parking lot beating of DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville, Va. According to WVIR-TV, Ramos, who now faces five to 20 years in prison, was one of several men who were identified thanks to social media during the Unite the Right rally…
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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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Anti-Fascists Out Wells Fargo Mortgage Consultant as Tiki-Torch-Toting White Supremacist
After receiving photographic evidence that one of its employees was affiliated with some of the most notorious hate groups and marched in Charlottesville, Va.’s Unite the Right rally in August, Wells Fargo announced that the man in question was no longer employed by the company, but that the company had had no idea he was…
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America Is Not Completely Trash After All: DeAndre Harris Found Not Guilty of Assaulting White Supremacist at Charlottesville, Va., Rally
On Friday, the American criminal-justice system actually got something right; as it turns out, DeAndre Harris, the black man who was brutally beaten during the Charlottesville, Va., Unite the Right white supremacist rally, was found not guilty of assaulting a white nationalist. Last year, Harris, who was counterprotesting the infamous rally, was cornered and attacked…
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Trial of DeAndre Harris, Black Man Beaten During Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally, to Begin Friday
You may remember the story of DeAndre Harris. The black Charlottesville, Va., resident was brutally beaten and severely wounded by white supremacists in August in a parking garage attack during the Unite the Right rally. Well, despite the fact that Harris was the one who was viciously attacked and left with a broken wrist and…
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4th Arrest Made in Brutal Attack on Deandre Harris
A fourth suspect has been arrested in the brutal attack of Deandre Harris, who was seriously injured while protesting the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August. Tyler Watkins Davis, 49, is facing charges of malicious wounding in the incident last year. Officers with the Clay County, Fla., Sheriff’s Department arrested Davis in…