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Charlottesville, Va., Dedicates Street in Honor of Woman Killed in Car Attack During White Supremacist Rally
A little more than four months has passed since Charlottesville, Va., native Heather Heyer was killed after a car plowed through a group of people protesting a horrific, and ultimately deadly, white supremacist rally there. On Wednesday the city will continue to honor her memory, designating part of Fourth Street, where the gray Dodge Challenger…
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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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Massachusetts Cop Finally Fired After Writing ‘Love This’ About Deadly Attack at Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department fired one of their officers, Conrad Lariviere, for comments he made in the aftermath of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally that killed one person and injured 19 others. As Vice News reports, on Aug. 13, a day after the protests, Lariviere responded to a breaking news post about…
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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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Jason Kessler Is Planning Unite the Right 2: Electric Boogaloo
The man who planned the rally that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and led the president of the United States to whitesplain away an incident of white supremacist terrorism is back at it again. Jason Kessler has submitted a special-event application request to Charlottesville, Va.’s Parks & Recreation Department to hold a “rally…
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DeAndre Harris’ Attorney Speaks Out About Charges, Says White Supremacist Was Hit by Someone Else
Over the last two months, social media has done the job the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department and the FBI couldn’t. With the aid of Shaun King, they’ve single-handedly tracked down several members of the angry white mob of racists that attacked DeAndre Harris in a Charlottesville parking deck during the infamous Unite the Right rally.…
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Leaked Chats Show That White Supremacists ‘Joked’ About Plowing Cars Into Crowds of Counterprotesters Prior to Violence in Charlottesville, Va.
Remember all the white supremacists who swore they went to Charlottesville, Va., to conduct a “peaceful” protest and stand up for their First Amendment rights, or whatever the hell they were saying to excuse their mess? It appears that they have been caught in a bit of a lie (surprise, surprise) after a stream of…
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White Nationalist Opened Fire at Crowd During Charlottesville, Va., Rally; Police ‘Never Moved’
A white nationalist pulled his gun out on anti-racism protesters and opened fire into a crowd and in the direction of a black man who had an improvised flamethrower, all while appearing to yell a racial slur for good measure. While all of this happened, police did nothing. In the video, posted by the ACLU…