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| 1 Killed After Car Plows Into Protesters |
| 2017-08-13 |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - A vehicle has struck protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, after police dispersed a gathering of white nationalists on Saturday. At least one person was killed in the collision, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Singer said on Twitter. "I am heartbroken that a life has been lost here," Singer wrote. "I urge all people of good will -- go home." At least a half-dozen others were also wounded, suffering minor to life-threatening injuries, authorities said Saturday. A dozen medics were seen carting the injured back and forth on stretchers. The victims appear to be counter-protesters but could be residents, CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid reports. "A car appeared to deliberately mow down pedestrians," eyewitnesses tell Reid. Video from the scene showed a grey sedan plowing into protesters marching through the downtown shopping district as bystanders screamed for help. Footage from another angle showed the car speeding in reverse to flee the scene. White nationalists clashed with counter-protesters hours before the collision in downtown Charlottesville. Alt-right activists and white supremacists planned to protest the city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the city's Emancipation Park. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in the city to aid the state's response to violence in the area. The City of Charlottesville also declared the assembly unlawful and officers in riot gear began to clear the area shortly after noon. "It is now clear that public safety cannot be safeguarded without additional powers, and that the mostly out-of-state protesters have come to Virginia to endanger our citizens and property," McAuliffe said in a statement. "I am disgusted by the hatred, bigotry and violence these protesters have brought to our state over the past 24 hours," McAuliffe said, adding that state troopers and the Virginia National Guard were providing support to local authorities. Zman has a different take on the rally |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 RIP Ms. Heyer. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-13 13:34 |
| #3 Diamond and Silk this morning: Those statues were put up by the democrats. put them in a Museum. Don't let them forget their history. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-13 10:25 |
| #2 city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the city's Emancipation Park. The fact that slavery was ended because of the was a humongous civil war that killed a 1/4 million people doesn't fit the narrative. Everybody knows that slavery was ended by Dr. Rodney King refusing to ride in the back of the bus! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-13 03:39 |
| #1 By 'white nationalists', they mean 'American citizens', right? /sarc |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-08-13 00:49 |